Surface and Progress

• A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aeroplane or flying machine.
• (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
• (n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
• (n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, especially the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
• (n.) Hence, outward or external appearance.
• (v.t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
• (v.t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.

noun

• The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.
  • usage: "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
• The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.
  • usage: "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
• The outermost level of the land or sea.
  • usage: "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
  • synonyms: Earth's surface
• A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something.
  • usage: "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"
• Information that has become public.
  • usage: "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"
  • synonyms: open
• A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
  • synonyms: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface

verb

• Come to the surface.
  • synonyms: come up, rise up, rise
• Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.
  • usage: "coat the cake with chocolate"
  • synonyms: coat
• Appear or become visible; make a showing.
  • usage: "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
  • synonyms: come on, come out, turn up, show up

adjective

• On the surface.
  • usage: "surface materials of the moon"

noun

• Gradual improvement or growth or development.
  • usage: "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"
  • synonyms: advancement
• The act of moving forward (as toward a goal.
  • synonyms: progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
• A movement forward.
  • usage: "he listened for the progress of the troops"
  • synonyms: progression, advance

verb

• Develop in a positive way.
  • usage: "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
  • synonyms: come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
• Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.
  • usage: "Time marches on"
  • synonyms: advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Form or accumulate steadily.
  • usage: "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
  • synonyms: build up, work up, build

• (n.) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities or the race; as, social, moral, religious or political progress.
• (n.) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.
• (v.i.) To make improvement; to advance.
• (v.i.) To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.
• (n.) A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
• (n.) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
• (n.) A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance.
• (n.) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.
• (n.) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
• (v.t.) To make progress in; to pass through.