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What is the verb for surface?

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surface
  1. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
  2. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
  3. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
  4. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
  5. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
  6. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
  7. (intransitive) To appear or be found.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. rise, arise, loom, break, broach, ascend, rise up, come up, float up, break the surface, come out, pop up, come to the surface, come to the top, go up, spring up, stand up, appear, emerge, grow, sprout, reemerge, shoot, shoot up, push up, resurface, spring, develop, reappear, push, turn up, unfold, manifest, materialise, materialize, issue, crop up, bob up, come forth, take shape, be revealed, be seen, show up, become apparent … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “A plan to have waiters arrive in a submarine that would surface from the water was one that hit the reject pile.”
      “Numerous issues would surface during the course of development.”
      “Rumors would continue to surface about the company's shady business dealings.”
surfacing
  1. present participle of surface
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rising, arising, looming, breaking, broaching, ascending, rising up, coming up, floating up, breaking the surface, coming out, popping up, coming to the surface, coming to the top, going up, springing up, standing up, appearing, emerging, turning up, unfolding, manifesting, materialising, materializing, developing, issuing, cropping up, bobbing up, coming forth, taking shape, showing up, becoming apparent, becoming evident, coming to light, exposing itself, revealing itself, entering into the picture, becoming visible, coming into sight, coming into view, spreading, circulating, propagating, leaking, disseminating, becoming public … more
surfaces
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surface
  2. Synonyms:
      3. results, follows, ensues, develops, arises, evolves, emerges, emanates, issues, flows, occurs, takes place, comes about, proceeds, derives, happens, manifests, materializes, rises, stems, appears, springs, eventuates, forms, transpires, accompanies, attends, comes forth, comes into being, flourishes, originates in, supervenes, unfolds, comes to light, comes up, crops up, crystallises, crystallizes, dawns, materialises, supervenes on, takes form, takes shape, turns out, turns up, culminates, germinates, grows, originates, pans out … more
surfaced
  1. simple past tense and past participle of surface
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shown, arrived, showed up, attended, come, comen, blown in, gotten in, turned up, appeared, shown one's face, bobbed up, breezed in, checked in, clocked in, dropped in, popped in, popped up, pulled in, rolled in, clocked on, gotten here, got there, made an appearance, presented oneself, punched in, punched the clock, punched the time clock, put in an appearance, reported, signed in, came, got in, blew in, got here, showed, showed one's face, entered, rolled up, landed, reached, made it, materialized, hit, materialised, got to, fetched up, set foot in, made the scene, turned out … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Just over an hour into the battle a strange alien-like object surfaced about thirty yards from the boat and bobbed on the waves.”
      “I think Israeling would be better, then carefully smooth the mating surfaced with a small felt wheel treated with jeweller's rouge.”
      “She's just surfaced, blinking like a mole, after wading through 50,000 pages of fiction in her role as a Booker Prize judge.”
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