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

appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

come to the surface

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"

information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"

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"

a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"

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"

on the surface; "surface materials of the moon"

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

appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

come to the surface

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"

information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"

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"

a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"

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"

on the surface; "surface materials of the moon"

A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aeroplane or flying machine.

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.

Hence, outward or external appearance.

That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.

To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.

To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.

A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aeroplane or flying machine.

The outside part of anything that has length, breadth, and thickness; the upper face of a solid; outside; hence, outward appearance; as, all looks well, on the surface.

The exterior part of anything.

The outside of anything.

Geom. That which has length and breadth, but not thickness.

The outside or limiting part of a solid body; hence the face or one of the faces of a body.

n. [French] The exterior part of any thing that has length and breadth: superficies; outside;-hence, outward or external appearance;- a magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness.