All surface synonyms
surΒ·face
S s verb surface
- move up β to pass from one place or position to another.
- arise β If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- lacquered β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- cobblestone β Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- crop up β If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
- flare up β to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- encase β Enclose or cover in a case or close-fitting surround.
- lacquering β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- emerge β Move out of or away from something and come into view.
- clock in β When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived.
- appear β If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- blow in β to arrive or enter suddenly
- mantling β a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- curtained β A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- lustered β having or finished with a luster.
- layered β a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- lustering β the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- incrust β to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- enameled β (US) Simple past tense and past participle of enamel.
adjective surface
- outside β the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- extraterritorial β (of a law or decree) valid outside a country's territory.
- exoteric β (especially of a doctrine or mode of speech) intended for or likely to be understood by the general public.
noun surface
- carapace β A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- loins β Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- weft β Textiles. filling (def 5).
- wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- hillside β a township in NE New Jersey.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- glebe β Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- flesh β the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- earth β (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- lineament β Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- loam β a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- make-up β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- facet β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- intermixture β a mass of ingredients mixed together.
- glossiness β having a shiny or lustrous surface.
- encrustation β The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- deck β A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
- finial β Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- derma β beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke
- caking β Present participle of cake.
- exterior β Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something.
- fastigium β the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
- enamel β An opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating.
- dermas β beef or fowl intestine used as a casing in preparing certain savory dishes, especially kishke.
- exteriority β Surface; externality.
adj surface
- flasher β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.