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# surface

noun (a surface, surfaces); verb (surface, surfaces, surfaced, surfacing)

«surface» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The surface is the outside or top layer of something: the surface of a table, the Earth's surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#m1)
2. The surface of water is its top, where it meets the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#m2)
3. To surface is to come up to the top of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#m3)
4. To surface can mean to appear or become known. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, the Earth's surface is land and water; most of it (about 71%) is covered by water. In maths, a surface is a face of a solid shape; «surface area» is the total area of all the faces, measured in square units. In hygiene, wipe kitchen surfaces to remove germs. Phrases: «on the surface» (at first sight), «scratch the surface» (only deal with a small part).

### Examples

- The surface of the lake was smooth like glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x1)
- A whale surfaced to breathe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x2)
- Wipe the kitchen surfaces after cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x3)
- Most of the Earth's surface is water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x4)
- Find the surface area of the cube. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x5)
- Leaves floated on the surface of the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x6)
- On the surface he looked calm, but he was nervous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x7)
- The diver swam back to the surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x8)
- She stooped down to drink, when a horrible head bobbed up on the surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/#x9)

### Note

Pronounced «SUR-fis». Countable. In maths problems, surface area of a cube = 6 × side × side; it is in square units (cm²), not cm. «Surface» (the outside) differs from «volume» (the space inside).

## In Jewish tradition

In science, the Earth's surface is land and water; most of it (about 71%) is covered by water. In maths, a surface is a face of a solid shape; «surface area» is the total area of all the faces, measured in square units. In hygiene, wipe kitchen surfaces to remove germs. Phrases: «on the surface» (at first sight), «scratch the surface» (only deal with a small part).

### Examples

- He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x1)

### Note

Pronounced «SUR-fis». Countable. In maths problems, surface area of a cube = 6 × side × side; it is in square units (cm²), not cm. «Surface» (the outside) differs from «volume» (the space inside).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surface» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surface/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surface» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/surface.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «surface» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surface» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/surface.html) on Mova free.