surface
1. the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary (Freq. 90)
- there is a special cleaner for these surfaces
- the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
bed, board, gameboard, face, ground,
horizontal surface, level, Klein bottle, meniscus, miter, mitre,
Mobius strip, plaster, plasterwork, screen, silver screen, projection screen,
side, skin, spandrel, spandril, superficies, tread,
vertical surface, work surface
2. the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object (Freq. 36)
- they skimmed over the surface of the water
- a brush small enough to clean every dental surface
- the sun has no distinct surface
• Hypernyms:
boundary, bound, bounds
• Hyponyms:
interface, hard palate, palate, roof of the mouth, side,
face, celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens,
vault of heaven, welkin, end, inside, interior, outside,
exterior, substrate, substratum, wave front, wavefront, photosphere
3. the outermost level of the land or sea (Freq. 11)
- earthquakes originate far below the surface
- three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water
• Syn:
Earth's surface
• Derivationally related forms:
surficial
• Hypernyms:
layer
• Hyponyms:
floor
• Part Holonyms:
lithosphere, geosphere
• Part Meronyms:
body of water, water, opening, gap
4. a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something (Freq. 4)
- it was not what it appeared to be on the surface
• Hypernyms:
aspect, facet
5. information that has become public (Freq. 1)
- all the reports were out in the open
- the facts had been brought to the surface
• Syn:
open
• Derivationally related forms:
open (for: open)
• Hypernyms:
public knowledge, general knowledge
6. a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air;
can lift or control a plane in flight
• Syn:
airfoil, aerofoil, control surface
• Hypernyms:
device
• Hyponyms:
aileron, elevator, flap, flaps, horizontal stabilizer,
horizontal stabiliser, tailplane, rotor blade, rotary wing, rudder, spoiler,
stabilizer, vertical tail, wing
• Part Meronyms:
leading edge, trailing edge
1. come to the surface (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
come up, rise up, rise
• Derivationally related forms:
rise (for: rise), surfacing
• Hypernyms:
ascend, go up
• Hyponyms:
emerge, resurface, bubble up, intumesce, well, swell
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. appear or become visible;
make a showing
- She turned up at the funeral
- I hope the list key is going to surface again
• Syn:
come on, come out, turn up, show up
• Hypernyms:
appear
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. put a coat on;
cover the surface of;
furnish with a surface
- coat the cake with chocolate
• Syn:
coat
• Derivationally related forms:
coat (for: coat), coating (for: coat)
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
rubberize, rubberise, rubber, anodize, anodise,
gelatinize, skim, stucco, egg, encrust, incrust,
dredge, soot, refinish, brush on, patinate, patinize,
patinise, resurface, crumb, copper, finish, bonderize,
bonderise, blacktop, foliate, galvanize, galvanise, pave,
varnish, seal, glaze, tar, enrobe, plaster,
daub, render, skimcoat, paint, cement, grit,
plate, metal, macadamize, macadamise, tarmac, size,
metalize, metallize, platinize, porcelainize, zinc
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
on the surface (Freq. 2)
- surface materials of the moon
• Ant:
subsurface, overhead
• Similar to:
aboveground, grade-constructed, opencast, opencut
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