opduiken — meaning in English

English meaning

• emerge verb To come out from somewhere hidden or enclosed, becoming visible.
• surface noun The outer or top layer of something.

Senses

opduiken is used for these senses in English:

• crop up (intransitive, idiomatic) To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
• emerge (intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.
• pop up (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning.
• surface (intransitive) To rise to the surface.

emerge — full definition

1. verb To come out from somewhere hidden or enclosed, becoming visible.
2. verb To become known or apparent, especially after investigation.

surface — full definition

1. noun The outer or top layer of something.
2. noun How something appears from the outside, as opposed to what is really going on underneath.
3. verb To rise up to the top, or to come to light after being hidden.

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