[ noun ] emerging to the surface and becoming apparent <noun.act>
Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
As problems began surfacing at Winnebago earlier this year the city anticipated its tax revenues would drop off. "It's important that we live within the means of the city.
Soon after surfacing in 1980, she was convicted of misdemeanor assault charges associated with the 1969 "days of rage" demonstrations in Chicago.
But the tensions already surfacing suggest that the emir, when he does return, will face as formidable a task in reuniting his country politically as he will in rebuilding its shattered infrastructure.
The name surfacing in rumors is British Petroleum Co., which is looking to expand its polyethylene business in the U.S.
Since such approaches have a long (and undistinguished) lineage in Washington, the surfacing of this one probably should not come as a huge surprise.
This form of concrete surfacing is being used for the first time in the UK. The contract includes five overbridges, three underbridges, side and slip roads and flood relief culverts.
With that supply surfacing, the market's big gains may be over for now, he said.
The whales could not swim the four miles to open water without surfacing for air.
Though charges against Yun deal only with illegal weapons export, new evidence has begun surfacing suggesting Yun's involvement in exporting sensitive information as well.
When nationally cherished inanities are merely surfacing in the mouths of sportscasters, politicians and other professional mushmouths, the damage is minimal.
A new militancy is surfacing in the work force, arising from the stress of juggling work and family.