Face

Word FACE
Character 4
Hyphenation face
Pronunciations /feɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Face"

What do we mean by face?

The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear. noun

A person. noun

A person's countenance. noun

A contorted facial expression; a grimace. noun

Facial cosmetics. noun

Outward appearance. noun

Value or standing in the eyes of others; prestige. noun

Self-assurance; confidence. noun

Effrontery; impudence. noun

The most significant or prominent surface of an object, especially. noun

The surface presented to view; the front. noun

A façade. noun

Outer surface. noun

A marked side. noun

The right side, as of fabric. noun

An exposed, often precipitous surface of rock. noun

A planar surface of a geometric solid. noun

Any of the surfaces of a rock or crystal. noun

The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area.

One's facial expression.

(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

The public image; outward appearance.

The frontal aspect of something.

An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.

Presence; sight; front.

The directed force of something.

Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).

Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

Any surface, especially a front or outer one.

Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.

The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.

The mouth.

Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.

(metonymic) A person.

A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as music or fashion scene.

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 front surface of a bat.

The part of a golf club that hits the ball.

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 head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.

The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.

A typeface.

Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.

The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Face

The word "face" in example sentences

There will still be a monitor, Eusebius, to hold the looking-glass to you, and the like of you: and look to your face; and whenever you find that you have _put a good face_ upon any doubtful matter, take the trouble then to look at your hands; and if they be clean, look again and see if your face and hands are clean together. ❋ Various (N/A)

"On the other hand," continued Orme, turning the bill over and eyeing the inscription on its face, "your mistake in first writing the name instead of printing it, shows me that you did write the words on the _face_ of the bill." ❋ Bannister Merwin (N/A)

Life, and to this day I doubt if I could sit down and describe fully the shape or moulding of any one particular feature of that face, for it was not the _face_, but the expression that formed it, that inclined me toward it. ❋ Various (N/A)

He requested the presentation of the author, John Locke, and thanked him face to face -- neither, like the augurs, able to keep his _face_ -- for such antidotes to the blues. ❋ Henry Llewellyn Williams (N/A)

(_The man turns as the other goes towards him, and they meet face to face_.) ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)

Hence when Jacob said, _I saw God face to face_, we are not to understand that he saw the Essence of ❋ Aquinas Thomas (1907)

"And they shall see his face," murmured Russell, "_and they shall see his face_." ❋ Unknown (1867)

She saw the face which she had last seen so life-like -- as a _dead face_, with its pale, pure features and fair hair. ❋ Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1856)

Text enclosed between tilde characters was in bold face in the original (~bold face~). ❋ D. A. Compton (1846)

He is_, _knowing as we are known_, _and seeing face to face_. ❋ Joseph Butler (1722)

If the obscure view of the divine perfection which we have in this world ought in just consequence to beget an entire resignation, what will this resignation be exalted into when _we shall see face to face_, _and know as we are known_? ❋ Joseph Butler (1722)

NEED NEW Software UI Log on the system with user's face Capture the faces who fail to log on the system Log on the Email with user's face* 30s Video Message Documents and files encryption ❋ Guest9f2a14 (2010)

- 1 face is known as the «bed face» (l × w), being the lower face of the CEB when laid. ❋ Unknown (1998)

- 1 face is known as the «laying face» (l × w), being the upper face of the CEB when laid; ❋ Unknown (1998)

_willing to meet you face to face_ regarding the idea presented. ❋ Norval A. Hawkins (N/A)

a blush, that most enchanting "incident" in the expression of a woman's face, but, after being driven nearly wild with the ineffectual endeavor, had had to renounce it, never, of course, he said, achieving anything but a _red face_. ❋ Fanny Kemble (1851)

a picture of Lady Wellington and her children; they are beautiful, and she says very like -- Lady Wellington is not like: it is absurd to attempt to draw Lady Wellington's face; she has no _face_, it is all countenance. ❋ Maria Edgeworth (1808)

When Christ shall appear, Who is your life, then you also shall appear with Him in glory_; [305] but until that shall come to pass _we see now through a glass in a dark manner_ -- that is, in images as it were -- _but then face to face_. [ ❋ Aquinas Thomas (1907)

An 'thar she beheld her own face; _her own face_ she looked upon ez she waited thar under the tree watchin' the foot-bredge; _her own face_ pale an 'troubled; her own self dressed in white, crossin' the foot-bredge, an 'lightin' her steps with a corpse's candle. " ❋ Mary Noailles Murfree (1886)

And Jasper's smilin 'face is now in their Listener Picture Gallery. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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