Face
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Pronunciation
Noun
face (plural faces)
- (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
- She has a pretty face.
- One's facial expression.
- Why the sad face?
- The public image.
- The face of this company.
- (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron.
- (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- (slang) The mouth.
- Shut your face!
- He's always stuffing his face with chips.
Synonyms
- (part of head): countenance, visage
- (facial expression): countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage
- (public image):
- (of a polyhedron):
- (of a cricket bat):
- (slang: mouth): cakehole, gob, mush, trap
Translations
part of head
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facial expression
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public image
of a polyhedron
front surface of a bat
slang: the mouth
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- Arabic: ÙجÙ
- Basque: aurpegi, begitarte, imintzio
- Cebuano: nawung
- Chinese: è¸ (liÇn), é¢å (miÇn kÇng)
- Estonian: nägu (1)
- Guarani: ova (t-)
- Hawaiian: maka, helehelena, alo
- Hebrew: ×¤× ××× f
- Ilocano: rupa
- Indonesian: wajah, rupa
- Interlingua: facie
- Japanese: é¡ (ãã, kao)
- Korean: ì¼êµ´ (eolgul)
- Latin: facies (4)
- Norwegian: ansikt n
- Persian: ÚÙر٠(chehreh)
- Pitjantjatjara: yunpa, mulya
- Portuguese: face f, rosto m, cara f
- Romanian: faÅ£Ä f
- Surigaonon: wayong
- Tagalog: mukha'
- Tamazight: audm m
- Tausug: bayhu'
- Tupinambá: obá (t-)
- Ukrainian: лиÑе (lytsé) n
Transitive verb
to face (faces, facing, faced)
- Of a person or animal, to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- face the sun
- Of an object, to have its front closest to (something else).
- Turn the chair so it faces the table.
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
- I'm going to have to face this sooner or later
Translations
position oneself/itself towards
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have its front closest to
deal with
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- Chinese: é¢å (mianxiang), æ£è§ (zhengshi), æå (chaoxiang)
- Indonesian: menghadap (1), menghadapi (2)
- Interlingua: esser de fronte a (1), confrontar, facer fronte a (2)
- Japanese: åãã (ããã, mukau) (1), ç´é¢ãã (ã¡ãããããã, chokumen-suru) (2)
- Korean: ì§ë©´íë¤ (ç´é¢, jikmyeonhada)
- Persian: رÙÛارÙÛÛ (ruyaru'i)
- Polish: obróciÄ siÄ (w stronÄ/do czegoÅ) (1), stawiÄ czoÅa (czemuÅ) (2)
- Portuguese: estar voltado para (1), encarar, confrontar, enfrentar, fazer frente a (2)
- Romanian: poziţiona, îndrepta, (1) întâlni (2)
- Slovene: sooÄiti se s/z (2)
Intransitive verb
to face (faces, facing, faced)
- (cricket) To be the striking batsman
Derived terms
- baby face
- face down
- face facts
- faceless
- face-off
- face-saving
- face the music
- face to face
- face up
- face up to
- game face
- in one's face
- lose face
- pull a face
- put a good face on
- save face
- shit-faced
Related terms
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External links
French
Noun
face f (plural faces)
See also
Italian
Verb
face
- (archaic) third-person singular indicative present of fare
Romanian
Etymology
Latin facere
Verb
face (inf. used as a face)
el:face fa:face fr:face gl:face ko:face io:face it:face hu:face ja:face pl:face pt:face sr:face fi:face sv:face ta:face zh:face
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