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Face   /feɪs/   Listen
Face

noun
1.
The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.  Synonym: human face.  "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
2.
The feelings expressed on a person's face.  Synonyms: aspect, expression, facial expression, look.  "A look of triumph" , "An angry face"
3.
The general outward appearance of something.
4.
The striking or working surface of an implement.
5.
A part of a person that is used to refer to a person.  "When he returned to work he met many new faces"
6.
A surface forming part of the outside of an object.  Synonym: side.  "Dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
7.
The part of an animal corresponding to the human face.
8.
The side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object).
9.
A contorted facial expression.  Synonym: grimace.
10.
A specific size and style of type within a type family.  Synonyms: case, font, fount, typeface.
11.
Status in the eyes of others.
12.
Impudent aggressiveness.  Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, nerve.  "He had the effrontery to question my honesty"
13.
A vertical surface of a building or cliff.
verb
(past & past part. faced; pres. part. facing)
1.
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on.  Synonyms: confront, face up.  "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
2.
Oppose, as in hostility or a competition.  Synonym: confront.  "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring" , "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
3.
Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.  Synonyms: front, look.  "My backyard look onto the pond" , "The building faces the park"
4.
Be opposite.  "The two sofas face each other"
5.
Turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.
6.
Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.  Synonyms: confront, present.  "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions" , "An enormous dilemma faces us"
7.
Turn so as to expose the face.
8.
Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.
9.
Cover the front or surface of.



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"Face" Quotes from Famous Books



... and presently to his great surprise he saw Herbert, whom he had believed with the army, come out together with Lucy. They had not taken four paces in the garden when their attention was attracted by a tap at the window, and looking up, they were astonished at beholding Harry's pale face there. With an exclamation of surprise ...
— Friends, though divided - A Tale of the Civil War • G. A. Henty
... very very much. When I have been in Jiudo room with your father and you, your father was talking to us about the picture of the cavalry officer. In that time, I saw some expression on your face. Another remembering of you is your bravery when you sleped down from a tall chair. The two rememberings ...
— Letters to His Children • Theodore Roosevelt
... hand, and wandered about through the company, hoping he might see Mrs. Bowen among the groups peering at the pictures or solidly blocking the view in front of them. He did not find her, but he found Imogene Graham standing somewhat apart near a window. He saw her face light up at sight of him, and then darken ...
— Indian Summer • William D. Howells
... the glittering mantle of the humming-bird entitles it to the first place in the list of the birds of the New World. See it darting through the air almost as quick as thought. Now it is within a yard of your face, and then is in an instant gone. Now it flutters from flower to flower. Now it is a ruby, now a topaz, now an ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 - Travel and Adventure • Various
... her eyes rested with quiet approval on his rather embarrassed face. She had no doubt that close contact with this man had had more to do with the change in Crestwick than the influence of the country; and then she recollected that the lad's degeneration had been marked and rapid while he had taken Clarence for a model. It was a troublesome ...
— The Long Portage • Harold Bindloss


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