surface
US /ˈsɚfəs/
・UK /'sɜ:fɪs/
A2
verb
- To give (road) a top layer
- To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
- To come to the top of something; emerge
- To come to the top level of water, mud, etc.
adjecitve
- Of the top layer; not deep or meaningful
noun
- Top layer of the ground or of water
- Nature or emotions that show, but may not be true
- Outside or upper layer of something
Examples
The ring slowly sank beneath the surface of the mud pool. (figurative) She gives the impression of being rather conventional, but under the surface she is wildly eccentric.
the inner surface of a bone