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• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fās, IPA: /feɪs/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA: /fɛjs/
• (Fiji) IPA: /feːs/
• 韻: -eɪs

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face (plural faces)

1. (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

   Synonyms: dial, mug, mush, (obsolete) phiz, (obsolete) phizog, punim, visage, pan; see also Thesaurus:countenance

   That girl has a pretty face.

   The monkey pressed its face against the railings.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     ‘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. […]’

2. (informal or slang)
   1. One's facial expression.

      Synonyms: countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage; see also Thesaurus:facial expression, Thesaurus:countenance

      Why the sad face?

   2. (in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

      Children! Stop making faces at each other!

   3. (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
      • 1966 November, “Classified Opportunity Mart: Stamp Collecting [advertisement]”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 189, number 5, page 229:

        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.

      • 1995 January 18, Ed Jackson, “Re: US sheets -- Sell for how much?”, in rec.collecting.stamps‎ (Usenet):

        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.

      • 2005 March 16, Cliff, “Re: This sounds like a newbie question....”, in rec.collecting.coins‎ (Usenet):

        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.

   4. (slang) The mouth.

      Synonyms: cakehole, gob, piehole, trap; see also Thesaurus:mouth

      Shut your face!

      He's always stuffing his face with chips.

   5. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.

      I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.

3. (figurative)
   1. Public image; outward appearance.

      Synonyms: image, public image, reputation

      Our chairman is the face of this company.

      He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.

      • 2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

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

   2. Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.

      lose face

      save face

   3. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

      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.

   4. An 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.

   5. (figurative) Presence; sight; front.

      to fly in the face of danger

      to speak before the face of God

      • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:

        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.

   6. (synecdochically) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.

      Coordinate term: ass (see ass § Usage notes)

      It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.

      He better not show his face around here no more.

   7. (informal) A 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.

      • 1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine‎:

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

   8. (professional wrestling, slang) 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.

      Synonyms: good guy, hero

      Antonym: heel

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

4. The frontal aspect of something.

   Synonym: foreside

   The face of the cliff loomed above them.

   • 2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 17:16 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN)‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2022:

     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.

   1. The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
      • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 163:

        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.

5. The directed force of something.

   They turned the boat into the face of the storm.

6. 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.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:6:

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

   • 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):

     Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:

     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!

7. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.

   Synonyms: (different specialised meaning in mathematical use) facet, (not in mathematical use) surface

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

8. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
9. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
10. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
11. (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).
12. (video games, TCGs, uncountable) The 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.

13. (mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.

    a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face

14. (mining) 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.
15. (typography) A typeface.
    • 1982 August 28, Mark McHarry, “A Minor Delight”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 12:

      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.

16. A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 6:25:

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

    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 7:22:

      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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