# resurface
## English
### Etymology

From re- +‎ surface.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹiːˈsɜː(ɹ)fɪs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Verb

resurface (third-person singular simple present resurfaces, present participle resurfacing, simple past and past participle resurfaced)
* (intransitive) To come once again to the surface.
    His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.
* (intransitive) To surface again; to reappear or re-occur.
** 1992 October 27, “Weekly World News”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 37:Just as amazing, gruesome morgue photos of some of the madman's street-walker victims also resurfaced after being missing for decades.
** 2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey.
** 2022 August 1, Katja Happe, Barbara Lambauer, Clemens Maier-Wolthausen, Western and Northern Europe June 1942–1945, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 465:The people in hiding now resurfaced in large numbers […]
** 2022 November 16, Paul Stephen, “Stations earn a deserved NRA ovation: Small: Shanklin”, in RAIL, number 970, page 49:The Landguard Road overbridge to the south has subsequently been removed, although aspirations to reopen the four-mile route to Ventnor resurface from time to time.
** 2023 November 21, Issy Ronald, “Is this Banksy’s real name? Resurfaced interview suggests it could be”, in CNN‎:Anonymity lies at the center of the mythology surrounding the elusive street artist Banksy, but he may have revealed his name in a resurfaced interview.
* (transitive, rare) To make something reappear.
** 1991 Fall, Vigen Guroian, “Armenian genocide and Christian existence.”, in Cross Currents, volume 41, number 3, page 3322:Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced.
** 2015 December 2, Parija Kavilanz, “These ugly Christmas sweaters are worth millions”, in CNN Business‎:Hajjar said the initial idea was to resurface retro holiday sweaters, typically featuring reindeer and Christmas trees.
** 2021 May 6, Leah Dolan, “Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom”, in CNN‎:Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the occasional red-light therapy session.
* (transitive) To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.
    A zamboni is a big machine that resurfaces ice at a rink so it is smooth as glass for the skaters.
** 2019 November 6, “NR £4m upgrade plan for Keighley”, in Rail, page 10:Both platforms are being resurfaced, and work will take place to improve stepping distances between the platforms and trains.