Surface | Mean of surface in English Dictionary

/ˈsɚfəs/

• Noun
• an outside part or layer of something
1. The painting's surface is covered with fine cracks.
2. The bowl has a shiny surface.
3. The surface of wood was rough.
4. Be careful of icy surfaces on the roads.
5. a textured surface
• the upper layer of an area of land or water
1. Hot lava bubbled up to the Earth's surface.
2. exploring the surface of Mars
3. The pipes are buried deep below the surface.
4. The pond's surface was covered with leaves.
5. bubbles rose/floated to the surface (of the water)
• the flat, top part of something (such as a table or desk) that you can work on
1. kitchen work surfaces

• the part of someone or something that is easy to see or notice
1. On the surface the plan seems simple.
2. She seemed fine on the surface, but underneath, she was suffering.
3. Their relationship has a lot of problems simmering below/beneath/under the surface.
4. His true feelings lie close to the surface. [=they are easy to see]
5. The tension between them is beginning to rise to the surface. [=it is becoming easy to see]
• a flat or curved side of an object
1. Each surface of the die is marked with one to six black dots.
• Verb
• to rise to the surface of water
1. The whale surfaced and then dove back down.
2. The submarine surfaced.
• to appear or become obvious after being hidden or not seen
1. The information surfaced many years later.
2. After several years, the actress surfaced in a comedy.
3. Suspicions eventually surfaced.
• to put a surface on (something, such as a road)
1. The road needs to be surfaced again.
• to wake up and get out of bed
1. She hasn't surfaced yet.
• involving only the parts that are easy to see or notice
1. surface friendships
2. Despite the surface differences between the two candidates, they are very similar in most ways.
• involving the removal of the surface of a large area of land to get at coal or other material that is near to the surface
1. surface mining
2. a surface mine