face
Definition of face:
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
The visible forepart of the head; the outside make or appearance; front; cast of features; look; boldness; presence; ( B.) anger or favor; a term applied in various technical meanings; as, the dial of a clock, watch, compass card, or other indicator, the sole of a plane, the flat portion of a hammer head which comes in contact with the object struck, the edge of a cutting instrument, the surface of a printing type that impresses the characters.
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part of speech: noun
The countenance; the front or surface of anything; appearance; look; visible state of affairs; boldness.
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part of speech: verb
To meet in front; to meet and oppose with firmness; to cover with an additional surface; to make a false appearance.
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part of speech: verb
To meet in the face or in front; to stand opposite to; to resist; to put an additional face or surface on; to cover in front.
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Common misspellings:
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- fae (12.1%)
- cace (0.9%)
- forhead (0.9%)
- foce (1.9%)
- fance (4.7%)
- facve (3.7%)
- faceoff (1.9%)
- sfae (1.9%)
- fave (15.9%)
- fac (14.0%)
- fice (1.9%)
- precense (0.9%)
- frace (2.8%)
- facce (4.7%)
- fase (11.2%)
- fce (3.7%)
- facr (0.9%)
- gace (1.9%)
- fack (0.9%)
- faxe (0.9%)
- tace (0.9%)
- vace (0.9%)
- fface (2.8%)
- faace (2.8%)
- facehow (2.8%)
- facwe (1.9%)
Usage examples for face:
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The rose came over Clara's face
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith" – George Meredith -
Mrs. Grose at last turned round, and there was still more in her face
"The Turn of the Screw" – Henry James -
Would you know the face if you saw it again?
"Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid" – Amy D. V. Chalmers -
The look in his face was enough for her.
"The Second Jungle Book" – Rudyard Kipling
