surface
(adjective) on the surface; “surface materials of the moon”
airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
(noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
surface
(noun) the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; “there is a special cleaner for these surfaces”; “the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface”
open, surface
(noun) information that has become public; “all the reports were out in the open”; “the facts had been brought to the surface”
surface
(noun) a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; “it was not what it appeared to be on the surface”
surface
(noun) the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; “they skimmed over the surface of the water”; “a brush small enough to clean every dental surface”; “the sun has no distinct surface”
surface, Earth's surface
(noun) the outermost level of the land or sea; “earthquakes originate far below the surface”; “three quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered by water”
coat, surface
(verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; “coat the cake with chocolate”
surface, come up, rise up, rise
(verb) come to the surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surface (plural surfaces)
The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
The outside hull of a tangible object.
(figurative) Outward or external appearance.
(mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
(fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
• overside
• superfice (archaic)
surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)
(transitive) To provide something with a surface.
(transitive) To apply a surface to something.
(intransitive) To rise to the surface.
(transitive) To bring to the surface.
(intransitive) To come out of hiding.
(intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
(transitive) To make information or facts known.
(intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
(intransitive) To appear or be found.
Surface (plural Surfaces)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Surface is the 12929th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2377 individuals. Surface is most common among White (94.11%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"face`, n. Etym: [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf. Superficial.]
1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. Milton.
2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. V. Knox.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
4. (Fort.)
Definition: That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. Stocqueler. Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under Caustic, Heating, etc.
– Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under Condensation, and Condenser.
– Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
– Surface grub (Zoöl.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth (Triphoena pronuba). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
– Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces.
– Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines.
Sur"face, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surfaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Surfacing.]
1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
