surface
sur
ˈsɜr
sēr
face
feÉĒs
feis
/ˈsɜːfÉĒs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "surface"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ

the outer part or top layer of something that you can touch or see
surface definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist painted intricate patterns on the surface of the canvas.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āφāρāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻŽā§āĻ–

(geometry) any of the two-dimensional faces of a three-dimensional figure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Calculate the area of each surface of the rectangular prism.
āφāϝāĻŧāϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϜāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ

the outermost level of the land or sea
04

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž

the outward appearance or the visible part of a person, thing, or situation, which may not reflect its true nature
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
On the surface, they were the perfect couple, but there were many problems beneath.
āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϤ

information that has become public
06

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ , āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ 

a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
01

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž, āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to emerge or come up to the top layer of a liquid or material
Intransitive
to surface definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The submarine slowly surfaced, its conning tower breaking through the water.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻāϞ, āĻāϰ āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ‚ āϟāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāϞ āϭ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become apparent or come into view, often after being hidden or unnoticed
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the investigation progressed, previously unknown details about the case began to surface.
āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to apply asphalt, concrete, gravel, or another material to the top of a road, path, or other ground area
Transitive: to surface sth with sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many rural routes are still not properly surfaced and become muddy in the rain.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ

related to the top side of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They examined the surface features of the rock to identify its origin.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏ āϏāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ

located on the outermost layer of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Surface scratches on the table can be polished out with a bit of wax.
āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽā§‹āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

undersurface
surface
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ