surface

  1. Noun.  The up-side of a flat object such as a table.
  2. Noun.  The outside hull of a tangible object.
  3. Noun.  (mathematics) (geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
  9. Verb.  (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.

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