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Definitions for Surfacing

[1] the action or process of giving a finished surface to something.
[2] the material with which something is surfaced.
[3] the act or an instance of rising to the surface of a body of water.
[4] the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
[5] any face of a body or thing: the six surfaces of a cube.
[6] extent or area of outer face; superficial area.
[7] the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature: to look below the surface of a matter.
[8] Geometry . any figure having only two dimensions; part or all of the boundary of a solid.
[9] land or sea transportation, rather than air, underground, or undersea transportation.
[10] Aeronautics . an airfoil.
[11] of, on, or pertaining to the surface; external.
[12] apparent rather than real; superficial: to be guilty of surface judgments.
[13] of, relating to, or via land or sea: surface mail.
[14] Linguistics . belonging to a late stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence; belonging to the surface structure.
[15] to finish the surface of; give a particular kind of surface to; make even or smooth.
[16] to bring to the surface; cause to appear openly: Depth charges surfaced the sub. So far we've surfaced no applicants.
[17] to rise to the surface: The submarine surfaced after four days.
[18] to work on or at the surface.
[19] the exterior face of an object or one such face (as modifier ) surface gloss
[20] the area or size of such a face (as modifier ) surface measurements
[21] material resembling such a face, with length and width but without depth
[22] the superficial appearance as opposed to the real nature (as modifier ) a surface resemblance
[23] geometry the complete boundary of a solid figure a continuous two-dimensional configuration
[24] the uppermost level of the land or sea (as modifier ) surface transportation
[25] come to the surface to emerge; become apparent
[26] on the surface to all appearances
[27] to rise or cause to rise to or as if to the surface (of water, etc)
[28] (tr) to treat the surface of, as by polishing, smoothing, etc
[29] (tr) to furnish with a surface
[30] (intr) mining to work at or near the ground surface to wash surface ore deposits
[31] (intr) to become apparent; emerge
[32] (intr) informal to wake up to get up

Words related to Surfacing

materialize, emerge, appear, arise, transpire, rise

Words nearby Surfacing

surface-ripened, surface-tension theory of narcosis, surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, surface-to-underwater, surfacing, surfactant, surfbird, surfboard, surfboarding, surfboat

Origin of Surfacing

e1605–15; < French, equivalent to sur- sur-1 + face face, apparently modeled on Latin superficies superficies

Other words from Surfacing

sur·face·less , adjective
sur·fac·er , noun
non·sur·face , noun, adjective
un·sur·faced , adjective

Word origin for Surfacing

eC17: from French, from sur on + face face , probably on the model of Latin superficies

Synonyms for Surfacing

appear, arise, come up, crop up, emerge, flare up, materialize, rise, transpire, come to light