Associations to the word «Resurface»

Wiktionary

RESURFACE, verb. (intransitive) To come once again to the surface
RESURFACE, verb. (transitive) 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.
RESURFACE, verb. (intransitive) To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear.
RESURFACE, verb. (transitive) (rare) To make something reappear.
RESURFACE, verb. (of a person) To come out of hiding or obscurity.

Dictionary definition

RESURFACE, verb. Reappear on the surface.
RESURFACE, verb. Cover with a new surface.
RESURFACE, verb. Appear again; "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky