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surface

adjective as in external

verb as in come to the top of

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Then tipped my feet up, pushed below the surface and held my breath, listening.

Meticulous in construction, Wu’s patterns nonetheless slip, slide and oscillate — much like images made by simply brushing paint onto a surface.

Three and a half billion years ago, all but a couple percent of the Earth’s surface was deep underwater, researchers have estimated, and LUCA lived far before that.

Make sure your mask stays folded so the inside doesn’t touch any other surface.

After entering orbit, it will begin a landing attempt with the aim to place the rover on the surface in the massive impact basin Utopia Planitia.

The more resources and education society becomes equipped with, the fewer stories like yours will surface.

The most exciting and thrillingly unique artist to surface in 2014.

Set a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water, making sure that the bowl does not touch the surface of the water.

You can go as deep as you like, or float about on the surface.

Nicki treats the obsession with her pop ambitions as an irrelevant, surface-level irritation.

First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.

Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.

It depends upon the fact that bile acids lower surface tension.

She did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.

Its vitals were going—were gone, before the smallest indications of mischief appeared upon the surface.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to surface, such as: exterior, facial, outer, outward, shallow, and superficial.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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