surface
verb/ˈsɜːfɪs/
/ˈsɜːrfɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they surface | /ˈsɜːfɪs/ /ˈsɜːrfɪs/ |
| he / she / it surfaces | /ˈsɜːfɪsɪz/ /ˈsɜːrfɪsɪz/ |
| past simple surfaced | /ˈsɜːfɪst/ /ˈsɜːrfɪst/ |
| past participle surfaced | /ˈsɜːfɪst/ /ˈsɜːrfɪst/ |
| -ing form surfacing | /ˈsɜːfɪsɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrfɪsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to come up to the surface of water synonym emerge
- The ducks dived and surfaced again several metres away.
- [intransitive] to suddenly appear or become obvious after having been hidden for a while synonym emerge
- Doubts began to surface.
- She surfaced again years later in London.
- No further information has surfaced yet.
- [intransitive] (informal) to wake up or get up after being asleep
- He finally surfaced around noon.
- [transitive] surface something to put a surface on a road, path, etc.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French (from sur- and face), suggested by Latin superficies.
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