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# surface

«surface» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the outside or top layer of something: the surface of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) The surface is the outside or top layer of something: the surface of a table, the Earth's surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#m1)

2) The surface of water is its top, where it meets the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#m2)

3) To surface is to come up to the top of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#m3)

4) To surface can mean to appear or become known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#m4)

### sense 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x1)
- The surface of the lake was smooth like glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x2)
- A whale surfaced to breathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x3)
- Wipe the kitchen surfaces after cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x4)
- Most of the Earth's surface is water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x5)
- Find the surface area of the cube. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x6)
- Leaves floated on the surface of the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x7)
- On the surface he looked calm, but he was nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x8)
- The diver swam back to the surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x9)
- She stooped down to drink, when a horrible head bobbed up on the surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/#x10)

### 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 the corpora

- [Owl wing feathers have comb-like front edges, soft fringes and a velvety surface that muffle the sound of flying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/8/)
- [The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/18/)
- [The animals rise only at night because darkness hides them from hunters that find food by sight near the surface.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/8/)
- [A goldfish gulping at the surface is usually short of oxygen; a partial water change and a filter help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/13/)
- [Whales poo near the surface and feed the ocean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surface» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surface/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.