Face : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Face	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Face
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face n the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" Synonym(s): face, human face the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" Synonym(s): expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing" the striking or working surface of an implement a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" Synonym(s): side, face the part of an animal corresponding to the human face the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" Synonym(s): grimace, face a specific size and style of type within a type family Synonym(s): font, fount, typeface, face, case status in the eyes of others; "he lost face" impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" Synonym(s): boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek a vertical surface of a building or cliff v deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" Synonym(s): confront, face up, face Antonym(s): avoid oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" Synonym(s): confront, face be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" Synonym(s): front, look, face Antonym(s): back be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now" present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" Synonym(s): confront, face, present turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card" line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket" cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Face \Face\, n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator. A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. --Gen. ii. 6. Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. --Byron. 2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces. 3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face. 4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type. 5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired. To set a face upon their own malignant design. --Milton. This would produce a new face of things in Europe. --Addison. We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. --Wordsworth. 6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. --Gen. iii. 19. 7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance. We set the best faceon it we could. --Dryden. 8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. --Chaucer. 9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery. This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. --Tillotson. 10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of. 11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. --Num. vi. 25. My face [favor] will I turn also from them. --Ezek. vii. 22. 12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. 13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Face \Face\, v. i. 1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. [bd]To lie, to face, to forge.[b8] --Spenser. 2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left. Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid! --Dryden. 3. To present a face or front.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Face \Face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. 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. I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king. --Dryden. 2. To Confront impudently; to bully. I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak. 3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park. He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland. --Milton. 4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble. 5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress. 6. 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. 7. (Mach.) 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. 8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. {To face down}, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. [bd]He faced men down.[b8] --Prior. {To face (a thing) out}, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. [bd]That thinks with oaths to face the matter out.[b8] --Shak.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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 favour (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 favour (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).