surface1, s.1aDromchla m, uachtar m, barr m. (Of submarine) To proceed on the surface, gluaiseacht ar uachtar. To break surface, teacht i mbarr an uisce. Below the surface of the water, faoi chraiceann an uisce. Min: Work at the surface, obair f os cionn talún. Mec.E: Bearing surface, working surface, dromchla iompair, oibre. bÉadan m, craiceann m. On the surface everything was well, bhí gach uile shórt ceart de réir cosúlachta. His faults are all on the surface, ní théann na drochthréithe domhain ann. He never goes below the surface, ní dhéanann sé ach an t-uachtar a scríobadh. 2Geom: Dromchla m. Surface of revolution, dromchla m imrothlaithe.
surface2, v.tr.1Cuirim dreach ar (rud), líomhaim. Paperm: Glónraím (páipéar). 2Civ.E: Cuirim craiceann ar (bhóthar, etc.), deisím (bóthar)(with, le). 3v.i.Tagann i mbarr uisce.