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resurface

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verb/ɹiːˈsɜːfɪs//ɹiːˈsɜɹfɪs/
  1. 1

    To come once again to the surface.intransitive

    • His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.
  2. 2

    To surface again; to reappear or re-occur.intransitive

    • Just as amazing, gruesome morgue photos of some of the madman's street-walker victims also resurfaced after being missing for decades.
    • The people in hiding now resurfaced in large numbers […]
  3. 3

    To make something reappear.raretransitive

    • Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced.
    • Hajjar said the initial idea was to resurface retro holiday sweaters, typically featuring reindeer and Christmas trees.
  4. 4

    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.transitive

    • A zamboni is a big machine that resurfaces ice at a rink so it is smooth as glass for the skaters.

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