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surface

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the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary(noun.artifact)

Example:
There is a special cleaner for these surfaces.
The cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface.

source: wordnet30
the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object(noun.location)

Example:
They skimmed over the surface of the water.
A brush small enough to clean every dental surface.
The sun has no distinct surface.

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the outermost level of the land or sea(noun.object)

Example:
Earthquakes originate far below the surface.
Three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

source: wordnet30
a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something(noun.cognition)

Example:
It was not what it appeared to be on the surface.

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information that has become public(noun.cognition)

Example:
The facts had been brought to the surface.

Synonym:
open

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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(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
aerofoil, airfoil, control surface

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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.(noun)

source: webster1913

come to the surface(verb.motion)

Synonym:
come up, rise, rise up

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put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface(verb.contact)

Synonym:
coat

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appear or become visible; make a showing(verb.change)

Example:
I hope the list key is going to surface again.

Synonym:
come on, come out, show up, turn up

source: wordnet30
To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.(verb)

source: webster1913