ALL meanings of surface
sur·face
S s - noun surface the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area. 1
- noun surface any face of a body or thing: the six surfaces of a cube. 1
- noun surface extent or area of outer face; superficial area. 1
- noun surface the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature: to look below the surface of a matter. 1
- noun surface Geometry. any figure having only two dimensions; part or all of the boundary of a solid. 1
- noun surface land or sea transportation, rather than air, underground, or undersea transportation. 1
- noun surface Aeronautics. an airfoil. 1
- adjective surface of, on, or pertaining to the surface; external. 1
- adjective surface apparent rather than real; superficial: to be guilty of surface judgments. 1
- adjective surface of, relating to, or via land or sea: surface mail. 1
- adjective surface Linguistics. belonging to a late stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence; belonging to the surface structure. 1
- verb with object surface to finish the surface of; give a particular kind of surface to; make even or smooth. 1
- verb with object surface to bring to the surface; cause to appear openly: Depth charges surfaced the sub. So far we've surfaced no applicants. 1
- verb without object surface to rise to the surface: The submarine surfaced after four days. 1
- verb without object surface to work on or at the surface. 1
- noun surface outer side 1
- noun surface appearance 1
- noun surface water: upper level 1
- noun surface land: upper level 1
- intransitive verb surface come to the surface 1
- intransitive verb surface emerge 1
- adjective surface outer 1
- adjective surface superficial, apparent 1
- intransitive verb surface get out of bed 1
- transitive verb surface cover, coat 1
- intransitive verb surface cover, coat with sth 1
- countable noun surface The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it. 0
- countable noun surface A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen cupboard, on which you can work. 0
- singular noun surface When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious. 0
- adjective surface Surface is used to describe the parts of the armed forces which travel by ship or by land rather than underwater or in the air. 0
- verb surface If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water. 0
- verb surface When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious. 0
- verb surface When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep. 0
- noun surface the exterior face of an object or one such face 0
- noun surface (as modifier) 0
- noun surface the area or size of such a face 0
- noun surface material resembling such a face, with length and width but without depth 0
- noun surface the superficial appearance as opposed to the real nature 0
- noun surface the complete boundary of a solid figure 0
- noun surface a continuous two-dimensional configuration 0
- noun surface the uppermost level of the land or sea 0
- verb surface to rise or cause to rise to or as if to the surface (of water, etc) 0
- verb surface to treat the surface of, as by polishing, smoothing, etc 0
- verb surface to furnish with a surface 0
- verb surface to work at or near the ground surface 0
- verb surface to wash surface ore deposits 0
- verb surface to become apparent; emerge 0
- verb surface to wake up 0
- verb surface to get up 0
- noun surface the outer face, or exterior, of an object 0