face

Meanings

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Verb

• To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
• To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
• To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
• To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
• To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
• To have the front in a certain direction.
• To have as an opponent.
• To be the batsman on strike.
• To confront impudently; to bully.
• To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
• To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
• 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 surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
• To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.

Related

Similar words

• dial, mug, mush, phiz , phizog , punim, visage
• foreside
• image, public image, reputation
• facet , surface
• good guy, hero
• confront, deal with

Opposite words

• heel

Origin

• From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faciēs ("form, appearance").
• Displaced native Middle English onlete ("face, countenance, appearance"), anleth, from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen ("face"), Middle English neb ("face, nose") (from Old English nebb), Middle English 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 from Old French chere.