Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cover with a new surface.
- intransitive verb To come to the surface again; reappear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put a new surface on; renew the surface of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To come once again to the
surface - verb transitive To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.
- verb intransitive To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear.
- verb transitive, rare To make something reappear.
- verb of a person : To come out of hiding or obscurity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cover with a new surface
- verb reappear on the surface
- verb appear again
Etymologies
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Examples
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That is until next week, when Freddie Mercury will resurface from the dead to star in a very special episode of “Spongebob Glitterpants and the Bikini Bottomed Girls.”
While You Were Making Your 90-Foot-Long Grass-Stained Train “Work” | Best Week Ever 2007
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It’s a bit disconcerting when forgotten relics of your distant past unexpectedly resurface from the bottom of dusty drawers – stuff you’d forgotten, which abruptly reconnects you with the child you once were.
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It sounds like LaHood was really impressed with how C4C panned out, but will the program and its multi-billion dollar price tag resurface in 2010?
Autoblog Green 2010
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It sounds like LaHood was really impressed with how C4C panned out, but will the program and its multi-billion dollar price tag resurface in 2010?
Autoblog Green 2010
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It sounds like LaHood was really impressed with how C4C panned out, but will the program and its multi-billion dollar price tag resurface in 2010?
Autoblog 2010
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We have seen the dilemma resurface last week after Market News International cited an official on conditions of anonymity that Greece was intending to amend the bailout to bypass the IMF, which was then denied by Greece.
FXstreet.com ecPulse.com 2010
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Also will Bill Cowher's name resurface for the 2010 season?
unknown title 2009
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: Lasers can reduce pigment at certain parts of the skin, "resurface" away wrinkles and shrink varicose veins.
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New research on South American army ants shows that raiding parties plan ahead and "resurface" the roadway for a quicker return with plunder.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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A little more than a month after he stepped down, the now unemployed Su has confirmed that he will "resurface" by attending the Boao Forum in China next month.
Taipei Times 2010
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