Surfacing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Material used to make a surface.
"asphalt road surfacings"
- 2 emerging to the surface and becoming apparent wordnet
- 3 The act of coming above the surface.
"The researchers measured the number of surfacings per minute by each dolphin."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of surface form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted."
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