Definition: 1. The outside or top layer of something. 2. The top layer of an area of water or land. 3. The outer appearance of a person, thing or situation; the qualities that you see or notice, that are not hidden.
Use 'surface' in a sentence:
1. They are digging up the football field to lay a new surface.
2. On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid.
3. He burst to the surface, straining for air.
4. Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells.
5. Rub the surface with sandpaper before painting.
6. Gleaming ripples cut the lake's surface.
7. We'll need a flat surface to play the game on.
8. Flatten the surface of the grass with a roller.
9. Back home, things appear, on the surface, simpler.
10. Rub the surface smooth.
11. On the surface, he appeared unchanged.
12. I bobbed to the surface and gasped a lungful of air.
13. He staggered on the uneven surface.
14. The metal is strongly attracted to the surface.
15. The planet Jupiter may have no solid surface at all.
16. It seems like a good idea on the surface but there are sure to be problems.
17. Place the material on a flat surface, shiny side uppermost.
18. The surface must be well prepared before you start to paint.
19. It can simply be left on the work surface.
20. Rage bubbled just below the surface of his mind.
21. The ducks dived and surfaced again several metres away.
22. This new glue bonds a variety of surfaces in seconds.
23. Teeth have a hard surface layer called enamel.
24. Make sure the paint covers the surface evenly.
25. The search party was teleported down to the planet's surface.
26. The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.
27. Doubts began to surface.
28. She's cleaned all the kitchen surfaces.
29. Spray rose up from the surface of the water.
30. The air was so still that there was hardly a ripple on the pond's surface.
31. I need a flat surface to write on.
32. Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface.
33. There are these dark streaks on the surface of the moon.
34. The paint will cover any irregularity in the surface of the walls.
35. 70% of our globe's surface is water.
36. She surfaced again years later in London.
37. Wipe the surface with a damp cloth.
38. The shoe's sole had a slightly textured surface.
39. First remove any grease or dirt from the surface.
40. These plants float on the surface of the water.
41. A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.
42. He dived below the surface of the water.
43. Sunlight played on the surface of the lake.
44. This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject.
45. Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
46. The surfaces are made from a material that doesn't mark.
47. Every surface is scattered with photographs.
48. Pressure must be uniformly distributed over the whole surface.
49. He came to the surface of the water gasping for air.
