face

noun

part of the body at the front of the head
planar surface that forms part of the boundary of a solid object
facial expression
mining term for the surface where the mining work is advancing

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verb

to confront
look across at

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ̯s/ / /ˈfɛ̝ɪ̯s/ / /feːs/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Late Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Late Latin -iēs Late Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies. Displaced native onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere. In the sense of face as in reputation, influenced by Chinese 面子 (miànzi) or 臉／脸 (liǎn), both of which mean literally the front of the head and metaphorically one's public image. See lose face.

Intensely.
“He's tripping face.”
“She must be rolling face.”

noun

The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
“That girl has a pretty face.”
“The monkey pressed its face against the railings.”
One's facial expression.
“Why the sad face?”
A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
“Children! Stop making faces at each other!”
The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
“MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J.”
“With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps at face.”
The mouth.
“Shut your face!”
“He's always stuffing his face with chips.”
Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
“I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.”
Public image; outward appearance.
“Our chairman is the face of this company.”
“He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.”
Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
“lose face”
“save face”
Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
“You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.”
“a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.”
An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
“This is a face of her that we have not seen before.”
“Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.”
Presence; sight; front.
“to fly in the face of danger”
“to speak before the face of God”
A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
“It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.”
“He better not show his face around here no more.”
A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
“He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.”
“Vincent was the very best dancer in Bay Ridge—the ultimate Face.”
A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
“The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.”
The frontal aspect of something.
“The face of the cliff loomed above them.”
“Then, the torpedo bombers arrived, but, unlike those that had dealt Hornet such a heavy blow, these split their attention between Enterprise, South Dakota, Portland, and the rather-bewildered destroyer USS Smith, which got a damaged Kate and its torpedo to the face for its trouble.”
The frontal aspect of something.
“An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.”
The directed force of something.
“They turned the boat into the face of the storm.”
Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
“Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.”
“They climbed the north face of the mountain.”
Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
“A cube has six faces, each of which is a square.”
The front surface of a bat.
The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
“When playing aggro decks, hit face whenever you can; it's not worth spending your resources to try to control the board.”
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
“a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face”
The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
A typeface.
“For the typophiles reading this, the book is attractively designed. It is set in Classic Aldine, a handsome face akin to the more popular Palatino. The designer's work is unfortunately marred by indifferent printing.”
A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
“The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee:”
“My face will I turne also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it and defile it.”

phrase

A mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the four spaces of a musical treble clef in order from the bottom to the top.

verb

To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
“Face the sun.”
“Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.”
To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
“Turn the chair so it faces the table.”
“He gain'd alſo with his Forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland,”
To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
“The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!”
To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
“I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.”
“In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.”
To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
“We are facing an uncertain future.”
“The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.”
To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
“I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.”
“I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.”
To have the front in a certain direction.
“The seats in the carriage faced backwards.”
To have as an opponent.
“Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.”
“And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's men face in their final qualifier.”
To be the batsman on strike.
“Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing.”
To confront impudently; to bully.
“Face not mee: thou haſt brau'd manie men, braue not me; I will neither bee fac'd nor brau'd.”
“That was it. Faced by my literary hero. Nicely faced though, he was charming throughout. And it was just as I suspected; there was no way in Hell Kurt Vonnegut would acquiesce to dinner with a bunch of moon-eyed, gooey strangers.”
To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
“a building faced with marble”
“These upper walls seem mainly to have been formed, not of sun- or fire-baked bricks, as at Gournia or Palaikastro, but of clay or rubble, coated with plaster or faced with gypsum slabs.”
To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
“to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress”
To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
To smoke (as, a joint or blunt) entirely by oneself.
“He faced that blunt in ten minutes.”