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RESURFACE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appear again

Example:

The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "resurface" is one way to...):

re-emerge; reappear (appear again)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover with a new surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "resurface" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reappear on the surface

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "resurface" is one way to...):

come up; rise; rise up; surface (come to the surface)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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