Surfacing
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
mining
, the act of washing the ‘dirt’ on the surface of the ground for gold; gold-digging on the surface.
noun.
Wash-dirt or surface soil in which gold is supposed to be.
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verb.
Present participle of
surface
.
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noun.
emerging to the surface and becoming apparent
Word Usage
"And higher upon the wall, more than once, his name surfacing in the middle of the night."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
egress
egression
emergence
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
resurfacing
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
arising
breaking water
carpet
coming
cover
verb-stem
surface