surface

About 123.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The external boundary of an object or body.
2. noun The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
3. noun The outside hull of a tangible object.
4. noun Outward or external appearance.

   On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.

5. noun The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
6. noun The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
7. noun A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.

   The video player algorithm requires a target surface.

8. verb To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.

   The crew surfaced the road with bitumen.

Similar words

rise up rise aboveground come on open show up turn up come up come out grade

Often followed by

of and is area in to tension water with

Word family

surfaced surfacer surfacers surfaces surfacing