resurface

resurface
[[t]ri͟ːsɜ͟ː(r)fɪs[/t]]
resurfaces, resurfacing, resurfaced
1) VERB If something such as an idea or problem resurfaces, it becomes important or noticeable again.

These ideas resurfaced again in the American civil rights movement...

The disease was said to have resurfaced in three countries.

2) VERB If someone who has not been seen for a long time resurfaces, they suddenly appear again. [INFORMAL]

It is likely that they would go into hiding for a few weeks, and resurface when the publicity has died down.

Syn:
3) VERB If someone or something that has been under water resurfaces, they come back to the surface of the water again.

George struggled wildly, going under and resurfacing at regular intervals.

4) VERB To resurface something such as a road means to put a new surface on it.

[V n] Meanwhile the race is on to resurface the road before next Wednesday.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • resurface — (v.) 1886, to provide with a fresh surface, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + SURFACE (Cf. surface) (v.). Meaning to come to the surface again is recorded from 1953. Related: Resurfaced; resurfacing …   Etymology dictionary

  • resurface — ► VERB 1) put a new coating on (a surface). 2) come back up to the surface of deep water. 3) arise or become evident again …   English terms dictionary

  • resurface — ☆ resurface [rē sʉr′fis ] vt. resurfaced, resurfacing to put a new surface on vi. to come to the surface again …   English World dictionary

  • resurface — UK [ˌriːˈsɜː(r)fɪs] / US [ˌrɪˈsɜrfɪs] verb Word forms resurface : present tense I/you/we/they resurface he/she/it resurfaces present participle resurfacing past tense resurfaced past participle resurfaced 1) [intransitive] to start to have an… …   English dictionary

  • resurface — Date: 1889 transitive verb to provide with a new or fresh surface < resurface skin by dermabrasion > intransitive verb to come again to the surface (as of the water); broadly reappear • resurfacer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • resurface — verb Resurface is used with these nouns as the object: ↑road …   Collocations dictionary

  • resurface — verb 1 (I) to appear again: Old rivalries began to resurface. 2 (I) to come back up to the surface of the water 3 (T) to put a new surface on a road …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • resurface — resurfacer, n. /ree serr fis/, v., resurfaced, resurfacing. v.t. 1. to give a new surface to. v.i. 2. to come to the surface again. [1885 90; RE + SURFACE] * * * …   Universalium

  • resurface — verb a) To come once again to the surface His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater. b) To surface once again. To replace or remodel the surface of something. A zamboni is a big machine that resurfaces ice at a rink so it is smooth …   Wiktionary

  • resurface — re|sur|face [ˌri:ˈsə:fıs US ə:r ] v 1.) [I] to appear again after being lost or missing ▪ One of the missing paintings suddenly resurfaced. 2.) [I] if an idea or problem resurfaces, it becomes important again ▪ Nationalist tensions have… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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