Main Entry:

³surface

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

sur·faced; sur·fac·ing

Date:

1778

transitive verb1: to give a surface to: as a: to plane or make smooth b: to apply the surface layer to <surface a highway> 2: to bring to the surface <surface a sunken ship>intransitive verb1: to work on or at the surface2: to come to the surface3: to come into public view : show up <letters that have recently surfaced>

— sur·fac·er noun