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  1. 1. n. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Hence, outward or external appearance. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. on the surface Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. the outermost level of the land or sea Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something Source: wordnet
  12. 12. n. information that has become public Source: wordnet

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