n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: sur · faced ; sur · fac · ing
Date: 1778
transitive verb
1 : to give a surface to: as a : to plane or make smooth b : to apply the surface layer to < surface a highway>
2 : to bring to the surface < surface a sunken ship>
intransitive verb
1 : to work on or at the surface
2 : to come to the surface
3 : to come into public view : SHOW UP <letters that have recently surfaced >
– sur · fac · er noun