| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a facing manner or position.[Websters]
2. In a crowning manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a sized manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a faceted manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a beaded or marbled manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a legged manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a middling manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a bodied manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a throated or necked manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective facing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Facing) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb face.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (face) | 1. Deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes".[Wordnet]. 2. Oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring".[Wordnet]. 3. Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The building faces the park".[Wordnet]. 4. Be opposite; "the two sofas face each other".[Wordnet]. 5. Turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now".[Wordnet]. 6. Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us".[Wordnet]. 7. Turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card".[Wordnet]. 8. Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket".[Wordnet]. 9. Cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones".[Wordnet]. 10. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.[Websters]. 11. To Confront impudently; to bully.[Websters]. 12. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.[Websters]. 13. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.[Websters]. 14. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.[Websters]. 15. 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.[Websters]. 16. To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.[Websters]. 17. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.[Websters]. 18. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.[Websters]. 19. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.[Websters]. 20. To present a face or front.[Websters]. 21. Base verb from the following inflections: facing, faced, faces, facer, facers, facingly and facedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FACINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: face
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] In a general sense, the surface of a thing, or the side which presents itself to the view of a spectator; as the face of the earth; the face of the waters.. | 2: [Noun] A part of the surface of a thing; or the plane surface of a solid. Thus, a cube or die has six faces an octahedron has eight faces.. | 3: [Noun] The surface of the fore part of an animals head, particularly of the human head; the visage. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Genesis 3. Joseph bowed himself with his face to the earth. Genesis 48.. | 4: [Noun] Countenance; cast of features; look; air of the face. We set the best face on it we could.. | 5: [Noun] The front of a thing; the forepart; the flat surface that presents itself first to view; as the face of a house. Ezekiel 41.. | 6: [Noun] Visible state; appearance. This would produce a new face of things in Europe.. | 7: [Noun] Appearance; look. Nor heaven, nor sea, their former face retained. His dialogue has the face of probability.. | 8: [Noun] State of confrontation. The witnesses were presented face to face.. | 9: [Noun] Confidence; boldness; impudence; a bold front. He has the face to charge others with false citations.. | 10: [Noun] Presence; sight; as in the phrases, before the face, in the face, to the face, from the face.. | 11: [Noun] The person. I had not thought to see thy face. Genesis 48.. | 12: [Noun] In scripture, face is used for anger or favor. Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne. Revelations 6. Make thy face to shine on thy servant. Psalm 31. How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Psalm 8. Hence, to seek the face, that is, to pray to, to seek the favor of. To set the face against, is to oppose. To accept ones face, is to show him favor or grant his request. So, to entreat the face, is to ask favor; but these phrases are nearly obsolete.. | 13: [Noun] A distorted form of the face; as in the phrase, to make faces, or to make wry faces. Face to face. | 14: [Noun] When both parties are present; as, to have accusers face to face. Acts 25.. | 15: [Noun] Nakedly; without the interposition of any other body. Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. 1 Corinthians 13.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| 19th Century Satire | A fertile, open expanse, lying midway between collar button and scalp, and full of cheek, chin and chatter. The crop of the male face is hair, harvested daily by a lather, or allowed to run to mutton-chops, spinach or full lace curtains. The female face p. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. | ||
| Aerospace | 1: Florida Area Cumulus Experiment. (references) | 2: Free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (GCTE). (references) | |
| Bible | Face means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R. V., 'presence'] of the Lord God" (Gen. 3:8; comp. Ex. 33:14, 15, where the same Hebrew word is rendered "presence"). The "light of God's countenance" is his favor (Ps. 44:3; Dan. 9:17). "Face" signifies also anger, justice, severity (Gen. 16:6, 8; Ex. 2:15; Ps. 68:1; Rev. 6:16). To "provoke God to his face" (Isa. 65:3) is to sin against him openly. The Jews prayed with their faces toward the temple and Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:38, 44, 48; Dan. 6:10). To "see God's face" is to have access to him and to enjoy his favor (Ps. 17:15; 27:8). This is the privilege of holy angels (Matt. 18:10; Luke 1:19). The "face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor. 4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God (John 1:14, 18). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
| Dream Interpretation | 1: This dream is favorable if you see happy and bright faces, but significant of trouble if they are disfigured, ugly, or frowning on you. 2: To a young person, an ugly face foretells lovers' quarrels; or for a lover to see the face of his sweetheart looking old, denotes separation and the breaking up of happy associations. 3: To dream of seeing your own face, denotes unhappiness; and to the married, threats of divorce will be made. 4: To see a strange and weird-looking face, denotes that enemies and misfortunes surround you. 5: To see your face in a mirror, denotes displeasure with yourself for not being able to carry out plans for self-advancement. You will also lose the esteem of friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Electrical Engineering | 1: Free electrons and holes formed by some process other than thermal ionization. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: The transparent end of the cone through which the image is viewed or projected. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Energy | Exposed surface of dam materials (earth, rockfill, or concrete), upstream and downstream. The external surface which limits the structure, see neat lines. The more or less vertical surface of rock exposed by blasting or excavating. The cutting end of a drill hole. (references) | ||
| Environment | Family and Child Education Program. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | The deep notch cut into the base of a tree (following laying in) to govern the direction in which it is to fall and also to prevent the butt splitting. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Geography | Face is geographically located in Mozambique. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 26.165556 degrees South latitude and 32.905278 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Hydrologic | The external surface of a structure, such as the surface of a dam. (references) | ||
| Industry | 1: A quadrant of the curved surface of a log. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: A) in square-cut timber, veneer, coreboard or panels, that surface on which the grade or quality is mainly judged; b) the side of a board or plank that determines its grade based on end use. Source: European Union. (references) | 3: Either side of a panel where the grading rules draw no distinction between faces. Source: European Union. (references) | 4: One of the long generally vertical surfaces of a stack, in contrast to the ends, top, or bottom. Source: European Union. (references) | 5: The better side of a panel in any grade of plywood calling for a face and back. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Literature | 1: "Dead is the noble Badbec, 2: "Of course, it is all right; if you had not drawn such a long face I should never have doubted." - Dr. Cupid. 3: A brazen face. A bold, defiant look. A brazen-faced person means one with an impudent, audacious look, especially in a bad cause. Brass metaphorically is generally used in a bad or deprecatory sense, as "You have plenty of brass" [impudence], "I admire your brass." 4: A rebec face (French, visage de rebec). An ugly, grotesque face, like that which used to be cut on the upper part of a rebec or three-stringed fiddle. 5: A wry face. The features drawn awry, expressive of distaste. 6: Badebec was the mother of Gargantua, and died in childbirth. 7: Face (Latin, facies.) 8: Face To face it out. To persist in an assertion which is not true. To maintain without changing colour or hanging down the head. 9: Rabelais: Pantagruel, book ii. 4. 10: To draw a long face. To look dissatisfied or sorrowful, in which case the mouth is drawn down at the corners, the eyes are dejected, and the face elongated 11: To face down. To withstand with boldness and effrontery. 12: To fly in the face of ... To oppose violently and unreasonably: to set at defiance rashly. 13: To put a good face on the matter. To make the best of a bad matter; to bear up under something disagreeable; "vultu malum dissimulare;" "in adversis vultum secundæ fortunæ gerere." 14: To set one's face against [something]. To oppose it; to resist its being done. The expression of the face shows the state of the inclination of a person's mind. 15: Who had a face like a rebec." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 1: A flat at the end of a cylindrical work piece, usually at right angles to the axis of the piece. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Of cutters, generally the leading surface that terminates in a cutting edge or a front bevel. Source: European Union. (references) | 3: Tool surface or surfaces over which the chip flows. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Military | A straight section of parapet making up a larger earthwork that delivers direct or oblique fire to the front. (references) | ||
| Mining | 1: A. The solid surface of the unbroken portion of the coaled at the advancing end of the working place. b. The face of coal is the principal cleavage plane at right angles to the stratification. Driving on the face is driving against or at right angles with the face. c. A point at which coal is being worked away, in a breast or heading; also, working face. The working face, front, or forehead is the face at the end of the tunnel heading, or at the end of the full-size excavation. (references) | 2: A. The surface of an unbroken coal bed at the advancing end of the working place.b. Sedimentary beds are said to face in the direction of the stratigraphic top of the succession (or to be directed toward the younger rocks or to the side that was originally upward), so that an overturned bed facing to the east may have a dip of 45 degrees to the west. Folds are said to face in the direction of the stratigraphically younger rocks along their axial surfaces and normal to their axes; this coincides with the direction toward which the beds face at the hinge (a normal upright fold faces upward, an overturned anticline faces downward, and an asymmetric fold faces its steeper flank). Faults are said to face in the direction of the structurally lower unit c. The principal cleavage plane of coal, at right angles to the stratification.d. The exposed surface of a coal or ore deposit in the working place where mining is proceeding. See also: coal face; face height; working face.e. An edge of rock used as a starting point in figuring drilling and blasting f. The part of a bit in contact with the bottom of a borehole, when drilling is in progress, that cuts the material being drilled; cutting face g. To dress a bit.h. The bottom of a drill or borehole.i. The original upper surface of a layer of rock, esp.if it has been raised to a vertical or a steeply inclined position.j. The plane surface of a mineral crystal.k. The surface exposed by excavation. The working face, front, or forehead is the face at the end of the tunnel heading, or at the end of the full-size excavation.l. A cleat or back. (references) | |
| MultiLingual Slang | German (Fresse, die). (references) | ||
| Slang | 1: Noun, adjective. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: [babyface] a good guy or hero. A professional wrestler whom most of the fans like. Context: Used by professional wrestling fans and reporters when discussing the sport and related topics. Social Source: Internet Professional Wrestling Webmasters/ Reporters. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | 2: Command or a description. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: Pull the product forward on the selves so that there are no empty spaces where the product is hard to see or reach for the customer. Context: The word is used in context mostly by managers and by the people in charge . Social Source: 29th and Willamette Price Chopper employees. . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
| Technology | In publishing, the outside of the front cover of a book. In printing, the raised surface of a unit of metal type, from which the impression of a single character is taken in printing. Also used as an abbreviation of typeface. Also refers to the unbroken front of a single-sided bookcase or shelving unit, or one side of a double-sided bookcase or shelving unit, or range of double-sided units. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | F.A.C.E. School was founded in 1914, in the Bancroft School facility at the foot of Mount Royal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. F.A.C.E. is an acronym meaning Fine Arts Core Education. F.A.C.E. is a partnership between McGill University, the English School Board of Montreal (ESMB) and the Commission Scolaire de Montréal (C.S.D.M., the french school board of Montreal). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area. She has a pretty face. (references) | 2: [Noun] (card games) 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). (references) | 3: [Noun] (cricket) The front surface of a bat. (references) | 4: [Noun] (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. (references) | 5: [Noun] (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application. I'll be out in a sec, just let me put on my face. (references) | 6: [Noun] (slang) The mouth. Shut your face! He's always stuffing his face with chips. (references) | 7: [Noun] (slang, professional wrestling) The good guy; a wrestler embodying heroic or virtuous traits. The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback. (references) | 8: [Noun] (typography) A typeface. (references) | 9: [Noun] Any 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. (references) | 10: [Noun] Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face). (references) | 11: [Noun] One's facial expression. Why the sad face?. (references) | 12: [Noun] The numbered dial of a clock or watch. (references) | 13: [Noun] The public image; outward appearance. The face of this company. He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment. (references) | 14: [Verb] (intransitive) (cricket) To be the striking batsman. (references) | 15: [Verb] (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction. The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany. (references) | 16: [Verb] (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person). I'm going to have to face this sooner or later. (references) | 17: [Verb] (transitive, of a person or animal) to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). Face the sun. (references) | 18: [Verb] (transitive, of an object) to have its front closest to (something else). Turn the chair so it faces the table. (references) |
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Common Expressions: face
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| A straight face | One giving no evidence of merriment or other emotion. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| About Face (band) | About Face is a retired local Kelowna band. (references) | ||
| Autumnal face | There is much to be said in favor of autumnal faces - they are wrinkled, they are lined, with eyes somewhat glazed but possessing infinite wisdom - wisdom born of life experiences, born of years of observation, born of mistakes made and lessons learnt, born of having handled different situations and people, wisdom born of having been there before and having experienced the same emotions, wisdom that is fast learning to be indifferent to flattery or blame or being set aside and no longer the cynosure, that sings with silent life the dignity of sacrifice, wisdom that indulgently watches young blood go through its perambulations, that holds its peace smiling inward, when a budding idealist flourishes with gusto theories and solutions to politics, peace and human life, wisdom that has learnt the secret of the cycle of life - that being born ,eating ,drinking, living, loving and dying are a part of life, just as natural as watching children grow up and live their busy bee lives- a whirl of education, making families, responsibilities , working madly all the while, and they know that it is but a replay of their lives earlier, and that this activity will cease in the evening of their children’s lives, when they would take their present place, and they themselves would move on to the next experience. (references) | ||
| Baby Face Finlayson | Baby Face Finlayson was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972. Baby Face Finlayson "The Cutest Bandit in the West" was an outlaw in the Wild West, who was also, surreally, a baby. He was originally a minor character in Little Plum, but was later given a strip of his own. He rode around in a motorised pram, stealing everything that wasn't tied down, whilst shouting "Yuk Yuk!". He had a number of accomplices, including Jessie James, Sid the Kid and Goo Goo McGoo who were also, apparently, babies. Their chief nemesis was Sheriff "Marsh" Mallow of Cactus Gulch. (references) | ||
| Baby Face Nelson | Lester M. Gillis (December 6, 1908 - November 27, 1934), also known as George Nelson but better known as Baby Face Nelson due to his youthful appearance, was a bank robber in the 1930s. (references) | ||
| Bold face | A typeface with thick heavy lines. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Charmaine White Face | Charmaine White Face is an Oglala Tetuwan (Lakota language speaker) from the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) in North America. (references) | ||
| Clock face | The face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Clock face | A clock face is the part of an analog clock that tells time through the use of a fixed numbered dial or dials and moving hand or hands. Typically, the dial is numbered 1-12 indicating the hours in a 12-hour cycle. The term face is also used for the time display on digital clocks and watches. (references) | ||
| Cutting off the nose to spite the face | Cutting off the nose to spite the face is an expression used to describe a needlessly spiteful or self-destructive overreaction to a problem. "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning not to act out of pique or pursue revenge in such a way as to damage yourself more than the object of your anger. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: face
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| A face | MultiLingual Slang | Russian (ebalnik, ebalo, eblo), Hungarian (saller). (references) | |
| Back face | Mechanical Engineering | Of a saw tooth, the part forming the reverse side from the front. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Beach face | Geology | A strip of land that fronts a beach. Beach face. A strip of land that fronts a beach. (references) | |
| Beach face | Mining | The portion of a foreshore that lies nearest to the sea and regularly receives the swash of breaking waves. The beach face is the steepest part of the foreshore. (references) | |
| Bench face | Mining | See: bank. (references) | |
| Better face | Industry | In lumber grading, the surface (face) containing the lesser amount of defective material, not necessarily fewer defects. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Black in the Face | Literature | 1: Extremely angry. The face discoloured with passion or distress. 2: "Mr. Winkle pulled ... till he was black in the face."- Dickens: Pickwick Papers. 3: "He swore himself black in the face."- Peter Pindar Wolcott . Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Bollock face | MultiLingual Slang | Catalan (caracollons). (references) | |
| BUCK'S FACE | Slang in 1811 | 1: BUCK'S FACE. A cuckold. 2: CARBUNCLE FACE. A red face, full of pimples. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Card face | Computing | The printed side of a punched card. If both sides are printed, the side of major importance is the face. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: face
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| FACE | English | Field Artillery Computing Equipment | Computing, Military & Defense | |
| FACE | Spanish | Acta de Libertad de Aceso a la Admisión Clínica | Medicine | |
| FAT | English | Face advance tilt | N/A | |
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