face

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

• That girl has a pretty face.
• The monkey pressed its face against the railings.

One's facial expression.informalslang

• Why the sad face?

A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.informalslang

• Children! Stop making faces at each other!

The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.informalslang

• 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.
• 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.

The mouth.informalslang

• Shut your face!
• He's always stuffing his face with chips.

Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.informalslang

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

Public image; outward appearance.figuratively

• Our chairman is the face of this company.
• He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.

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

• lose face
• save face

Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.figuratively

• 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.

An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.figuratively

• This is a face of her that we have not seen before.
• Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.

To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).transitive

• Face the sun.

To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).transitive

• Turn the chair so it faces the table.

To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.transitive

• The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!

To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.transitive

• I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.
• In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.

To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.transitive

• We are facing an uncertain future.

To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.transitive

• I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.

To have the front in a certain direction.intransitive

• The seats in the carriage faced backwards.

To have as an opponent.transitive

• Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.

To be the batsman on strike.intransitive

• Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing.

To confront impudently; to bully.dialectalobsoletetransitive

• Face not mee: thou haſt brau'd manie men, braue not me; I will neither bee fac'd nor brau'd.
• That was it. Faced by my literary hero. Nicely faced though, he was charming throughout. And it was just as I suspected; there was no way in Hell Kurt Vonnegut would acquiesce to dinner with a bunch of moon-eyed, gooey strangers.

Intensely.not-comparableslang

• He's tripping face.
• She must be rolling face.