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1.NounThe 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."
2.NounOne's facial expression."Why the sad face?; Children! Stop making faces at each other!; Shut your face!; He's always stuffing his face with chips.; I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face."
3.NounOne's facial expression."Why the sad face?"
4.NounA distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc."Children! Stop making faces at each other!"
5.NounThe amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
6.NounThe mouth."Shut your face!; He's always stuffing his face with chips."
7.NounMakeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application."I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face."
8.NounPublic image; outward appearance."Our chairman is the face of this company.; He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.; lose face; save face; You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.; This is a face of her that we have not seen before.; Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.; to fly in the face of danger; to speak before the face of God; It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.; He better not show his face around here no more.; He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.; The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback."
9.NounPublic image; outward appearance."Our chairman is the face of this company.; He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment."
10.NounGood reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige."lose face; save face"
11.NounShameless confidence; boldness; effrontery."You've got some face coming round here after what you've done."
12.NounAn 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."
13.NounPresence; sight; front."to fly in the face of danger; to speak before the face of God"
14.NounA person; the self; oneself."It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.; He better not show his face around here no more."
15.NounA 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."
16.NounA 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."
17.NounThe frontal aspect of something."The face of the cliff loomed above them."
18.NounThe numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
19.NounThe directed force of something."They turned the boat into the face of the storm."
20.NounAny 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.; She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth."
21.NounAny 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."
22.NounThe front surface of a bat.
23.NounThe part of a golf club that hits the ball.
24.NounThe head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
25.NounThe side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
26.NounThe 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."
27.NounThe width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end."a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face"
28.NounThe 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.
29.NounA typeface.
30.NounA mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
31.VerbTo position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something)."Face the sun."
32.VerbTo have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else)."Turn the chair so it faces the table."
33.VerbTo cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
34.VerbTo 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."
35.VerbTo be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect."We are facing an uncertain future."
36.VerbTo 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."
37.VerbTo have the front in a certain direction."The seats in the carriage faced backwards."
38.VerbTo have as an opponent."Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals."
39.VerbTo be the batsman on strike."Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing."
40.VerbTo confront impudently; to bully.
41.VerbTo cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon."a building faced with marble"
42.VerbTo line near the edge, especially with a different material."to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress"
43.VerbTo 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.
44.VerbTo 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.
45.VerbTo smoke (as, a joint or blunt) entirely by oneself."He faced that blunt in ten minutes."
46.AdverbIntensely."He's tripping face.; She must be rolling face."