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CHANGE SURFACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does change surface mean? 

CHANGE SURFACE (verb)
  The verb CHANGE SURFACE has 1 sense:

1. undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surfaceplay

  Familiarity information: CHANGE SURFACE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHANGE SURFACE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "change surface" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "change surface"):

level; level off (become level or even)

crust (form a crust or form into a crust)

buckle; heave; warp (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat)

curl; curve; kink (form a curl, curve, or kink)

unfurl; unroll (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state)

roll up; wrap up (form a cylinder by rolling)

marbleise; marbleize (make something look like marble)

smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)

roughen (make rough or rougher)

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

even; even out; flush; level (make level or straight)

tease (raise the nap of (fabrics))

impress; imprint (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure)

blob; blot; fleck; spot (make a spot or mark onto)

Sentence frames:

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


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