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CHANGE SURFACE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "change surface" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "change surface"):
level; level off (become level or even)
crust (form a crust or form into a crust)
buckle; heave; warp (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat)
curl; curve; kink (form a curl, curve, or kink)
unfurl; unroll (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state)
roll up; wrap up (form a cylinder by rolling)
marbleise; marbleize (make something look like marble)
smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
roughen (make rough or rougher)
fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)
even; even out; flush; level (make level or straight)
tease (raise the nap of (fabrics))
impress; imprint (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure)
blob; blot; fleck; spot (make a spot or mark onto)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
