resurfaceverb
uk/ˌriːˈsɜː.fɪs/us/ˌriːˈsɝː.fɪs/resurface verb (COVER)
[ T ] to put a new surface on a road:
Drivers will experience delays while stretches of the road are being resurfaced.
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- pad
- proof
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
- wreathe
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Road surfaces & features
resurface verb (APPEAR AGAIN)
[ I ] to rise to the surface of the water again:
When the divers did not resurface after an hour, three crew members dived down to look for them.
[ I ] to appear again after being lost, stolen, or absent:
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.
[ I ] If a memory resurfaces, you remember it again after you had forgotten about it:
Memories of his childhood resurfaced when he saw the photographs.
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- ducking
- go
- go under
- ground
- keel
- keel over
- refloat
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- scuttle
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
- waterlogged
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Appearing & disappearing
Remembering, reminding and reminders