Main Entry: ³surface

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): sur·faced; sur·fac·ing

Date: 1778

transitive verb 1 : 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 verb 1 : to work on or at the surface
2 : to come to the surface
3 : to come into public view : show up <letters that have recently surfaced>

— sur·fac·er noun