Synonym: exterior, face, outside. Antonym: interior, submerge. Similar words: face to face, face, face up to, make a face, fact, sure, facto, facies. Meaning: ['sɜrfɪs /'sɜː-] n. 1. the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary 2. the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object 3. the outermost level of the land or sea 4. a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something 5. information that has become public 6. a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight. v. 1. come to the surface 2. put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface 3. appear or become visible; make a showing. adj. 1. on the surface 2. involving a surface only.
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181. The surface of the table has been all scratched up by years of heavy use.
182. Please rub the surface of the test tube dry before doing the experiment.
183. Steam condenses / is condensed into water when it touches a cold surface.
184. Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.
185. She tried to keep calm but beneath the surface she was angry.
186. I bobbed to the surface and gasped a lungful of air.
187. The air was so still that there was hardly a ripple on the pond's surface.
188. Some species of duck dive for food,[sentencedict.com/surface.html] while others dabble for plants and insects near the surface.
189. In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
190. The facts of the border incidents are only now beginning to rise to the surface.
191. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.
192. This essay is so short that it can only scratch the surface of the topic.
193. The paperweight had fallen onto the desk, badly marking the surface.
194. Social unrest, never far below the surface in Brazil, has erupted over the last few days.
195. Make sure that the surface is clean and dry before you start to paint.
196. Since air has weight, it must press down on the surface of the earth.
197. We left feeling that we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating country.
198. The net is weighted to keep it below the surface of the water.
199. The body was visible below the surface of the lake.
200. The massive wheels were digging great gouges in the road's surface.
201. Beneath her self - confident surface , she's quite unsure of herself.
202. When dry, feel the surface and it will no longer be smooth.
203. On the surface his words were funny, but I detected quite a lot of anger behind them.
204. On the surface, this seems like a difficult problem, but in fact there's an easy solution to it.
205. The switch works by passing a pulse of current between the tip and the surface.
206. Officials say they've only scratched the surface of the drug problem.
207. The ring slowly sank beneath the surface of the mud pool.
208. The surface of the road shimmered in the heat of the sun.
209. Nearly 10 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by ice.
210. They are digging up the football field to lay a new surface.