surfacing

English

Verb

surfacing

1. present participle and gerund of surface

Noun

surfacing (plural surfacings)

1. Material used to make a surface.

   asphalt road surfacings

2. The act of coming above the surface.

   The researchers measured the number of surfacings per minute by each dolphin.

   • 1979 June, “Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing, performed by The Boomtown Rats:

     I practice nightly, I try to keep ahead. / This art of surfacing is all but dead.