26984 words

resurfaces

6 definitions • 7 examples
1
to put a new surface on a road:

Examples:

Drivers will experience delays while stretches of the road are being resurfaced.
2
to rise to the surface of the water again:

Examples:

When the divers did not resurface after an hour, three crew members dived down to look for them.
3
to appear again after being lost, stolen, or absent:

Examples:

Please contact me if any of the stolen paintings resurface.
Jill resurfaced last week, after spending the past few months doing research in the library.
4
If a memory resurfaces, you remember it again after you had forgotten about it:

Examples:

Memories of his childhood resurfaced when he saw the photographs.
5
to put a new surface on a road:

Examples:

Expect delays while they resurface the highway.
6
to appear again after not being seen or heard:

Examples:

The tax issue is likely to resurface next year.

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