surfaced
Rose to view
Surfaced is the past tense of surface, meaning to come up to or appear at the top of something—typically water: The submarine surfaced after twelve hours.
More often figurative: hidden information surfaces when it becomes known, a person surfaces when they reappear after absence, and problems surface when they emerge: New evidence surfaced during the investigation.
Made visible or known
- exposedOut in open
- disclosedMade previously hidden known
- unveiledRevealed after concealment
- unearthedRetrieved from the ground
divulged · came to light · leaked · discovered · detected · unmasked · brought to light · emerged
Came into existence
- appearedBecame visible or present
- came upWas mentioned or arose
- bobbedCropped or nodded
- ascendedMoved to higher position
rose · buoyed · breached · crested · popped up · submarine · whale · diver
Became physically present
- showed upArrived at location
- manifestedShowed or revealed plainly
- turned upArrived or was found
- reappearedBecame visible again
cropped up · presented · debuted · introduced · announced · reported · published · circulated
uncovered
Made visible or known
unearthed · divulged · came to light · leaked · discovered · detected · unmasked · brought to light · emerged · manifested
arose
Came into existence
ascended · rose · buoyed · breached · crested · popped up · submarine · whale · diver · periscope
materialized
Became physically present
- showed upArrived at location
- manifestedShowed or revealed plainly
- turned upArrived or was found
reappeared · cropped up · presented · debuted · introduced · announced · reported · published · circulated · online
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
sealed · coated · buffed · stained · glazed · laminated · textured · smoothed · treated · refinished
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
cobblestone · bitumen · gravel · road · driveway · parking lot · runway · pathway · street · repaved
- exposedbare, uncovered, revealed, visible, exposed
- exposésexposed, revealed, uncovered, disclosed, unearthed
- opennessopen, openness, transparent, transparency, accessible
- buoyancy statesbuoyant, floating, afloat, sinking, submerged
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- finishespainted, polished, varnish, paint, matte silver
surfacedhidden
Kept out of sight
concealed · buried · suppressed · covered up · disappeared
- on the surfaceIn apparent aspect only
- scratch the surfaceExamine only superficially
- beneath the surfaceBelow what's apparent
- below the surfaceNot immediately apparent
- flat surfaceLevel, even area
- surface areaMeasure of outer boundary