Meaning of face | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
2. The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area
3. face (the front part of the head)
4. One's facial expression
5. To attain mastery over or overcome by confronting in a resolute, determined manner: face down an opponent in a debate; faced the enemy down.
6. One's facial expression.
   informal, slang
7. face (one's facial expression)
8. To confront an unpleasant situation with resolution and assurance: had to face up or get out; finally faced up to the problem.
9. A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
   informal, slang
10. face (the frontal aspect of something)
11. A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc
12. To accept the unpleasant consequences, especially of one's own actions.
13. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
    informal, slang
14. gall, nerve (impudence)
15. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value
16. In opposition to or defiance of.
17. The mouth.
    informal, slang
18. face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)
19. Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
    informal, slang
20. From appearances alone; apparently: On the face of it, the problem seems minor.
21. Public image; outward appearance.
    figuratively
22. To make an appearance: Don't show your face on my property again.
23. Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
    figuratively
24. In the view or hearing of: insulted me to my face.
25. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
    figuratively
26. having a face of a certain kind. a baby-faced man. met ʼn babagesig ذو وَجْـه с лице на cara de s ... tváří das –gesicht -ansigt -πρόσωπος (ως β΄ συνθ.) cara de -näoga چهره؛ روی -kasvoinen à visage de פְּנֵי- के तरह का चेहरा वाला lica poput -arcú berwajah með andlit eins og dalla faccia, dal viso －顔の 얼굴이 ...한 veido ar ... [] seju berwajah met een -gezicht med ... ansikt o twarzy ... څیره cara de/com ....? cu figură de имеющий такое-то лицо s tvárou ... videza koji ima lice poput med [baby]ansi...
27. An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
    figuratively
28. of the face. facial expressions. gesigsagtig, gelaatsagtig وَجْهي лицев facial obličejový Gesichts-... ansigts- που ανήκει στο πρόσωπο facial näo- وابسته به صورت؛ چهره ای kasvon facial שֶׁל הַפָּנִים मुंह का, सौंदर्य उपचार lični arc- mengenai wajah andlits- facciale 顔の 얼굴의 veido sejas- mengenai wajah gezichts-ansikts-twarzowy مخنی facial facial лицевой tvárový; tváre obrazen koji se tiče lica ansikts- เกี่ยวกับใบหน้า yüz, yüze ait 面部的 лицьовий, лицевий چہرے سے متعلق thuộc hoặc đối với mặt 面部的
29. Presence; sight; front.
    figuratively
30. opposite. The hotel is facing the church. kyk uit op مواجِه срещу em frente de naproti gegenüberliegend ligge over for απέναντι de cara, frente a vastas مقابل vastapäätä en face de פוֹנהֶ सामने nasuprot szemben vmivel di muka, menghadap vera/standa andspænis/andstætt di fronte a, prospiciente ～に面して 마주하여 priešais pretī menghadap tegenovermed front mot, som vender mot naprzeciwko مقابل em frente de în faţa против oproti nasproti naspram som vetter mot, som ligger (står) mittemot ตรงข้าม karşısı...
31. A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
    figuratively
32. A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
    figuratively, informal
33. 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.
    figuratively, slang
34. The frontal aspect of something.
35. The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
36. The directed force of something.
37. Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
38. Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
39. The front surface of a bat.
40. The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
41. The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
42. 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).
43. The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
    uncountable
44. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
45. The 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.
46. A typeface.
47. A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.

Equivalents

Examples

“That girl has a pretty face.”

“The monkey pressed its face against the railings.”

“It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.”

“‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’”

“Why the sad face?”

“Children! Stop making faces at each other!”

“MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J.”

“With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps at face.”

“Talking about buying below face, I've bought a lot of rolled coins at below face. I'm not going to pay face just to drag them to the bank and deposit them.”

“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.”

“Our chairman is the face of this company.”

“He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.”

“As the film points out, the actor became known as “the face of Aids”.”

“lose face”

“save face”

“You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.”

“a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.”

“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”

“The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.”

“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.”

“Vincent was the very best dancer in Bay Ridge—the ultimate Face.”

“The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.”

“The face of the cliff loomed above them.”

“Then, the torpedo bombers arrived, but, unlike those that had dealt Hornet such a heavy blow, these split their attention between Enterprise, South Dakota, Portland, and the rather-bewildered destroyer USS Smith, which got a damaged Kate and its torpedo to the face for its trouble.”

“An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.”

“They turned the boat into the face of the storm.”

“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.”

“But there went vp a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”

“Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face.”

“Captain Anderson: He has the secrets from the beacon. He has an army of geth at his command. And he won't stop until he's wiped humanity from the face of the galaxy!”

“A cube has six faces, each of which is a square.”

“When playing aggro decks, hit face whenever you can; it's not worth spending your resources to try to control the board.”

“a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face”

“For the typophiles reading this, the book is attractively designed. It is set in Classic Aldine, a handsome face akin to the more popular Palatino. The designer's work is unfortunately marred by indifferent printing.”

“The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee:”

“My face will I turne also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it and defile it.”

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