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affleurer
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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. affleurer [aflœʀe] VB trans

1. affleurer TECH:

affleurer planches, battants
to make [sth] flush

2. affleurer (arriver au même niveau):

la rivière affleure les quais
the river is almost level with the banks

II. affleurer [aflœʀe] VB intr

1. affleurer lit roche, glace, récif:

affleurer
to show on the surface
affleurer au niveau du sol eau, pétrole:
to come up to ground level
affleurer au niveau du sol roche, minerai:
to come through the soil, to outcrop spec

2. affleurer fig thème, sentiment:

affleurer
to surface, to crop up
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crop out
affleurer

in the PONS Dictionary

affleurer [aflœʀe] VB intr

affleurer
to show
affleurer récif, roche
to show on the surface
affleurer filon, couche
to outcrop
affleurer sentiment
to rise to the surface
in the PONS Dictionary

affleurer [aflœʀe] VB intr

affleurer
to show
affleurer récif, roche
to show on the surface
affleurer sentiment
to rise to the surface
Présent
j'affleure
tuaffleures
il/elle/onaffleure
nousaffleurons
vousaffleurez
ils/ellesaffleurent
Imparfait
j'affleurais
tuaffleurais
il/elle/onaffleurait
nousaffleurions
vousaffleuriez
ils/ellesaffleuraient
Passé simple
j'affleurai
tuaffleuras
il/elle/onaffleura
nousaffleurâmes
vousaffleurâtes
ils/ellesaffleurèrent
Futur simple
j'affleurerai
tuaffleureras
il/elle/onaffleurera
nousaffleurerons
vousaffleurerez
ils/ellesaffleureront
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Ensuite, elle remonte progressivement année après année pour, finalement, affleurer le sol au bout de sept ans.
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Le sol a été exhaussé de 40 cm environ, de sorte que les bancs de pierre le long des murs affleurent le sol.
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Le fouilleur « décape » le carré fouillé (l'unité admise étant généralement le mètre carré), avec précaution, en faisant affleurer les vestiges découverts.
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Depuis, en fonction des marées et des mouvements de sable, il arrive que des morceaux du submersible affleurent à environ 150 m des dunes.
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Ces deux roches magmatique (granite) et métamorphique (cornéenne, schiste tacheté) affleurent à la suite de longs processus d'érosion qui ont aplani les reliefs anciens.
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