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(noun) the act of confronting bravely; "he hated facing the facts"; "he excelled in the face of danger" |
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Synonyms: facing |
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Related Words: braving, confronting, coping with, grappling, tackling |
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(verb) cover the front or surface of: "The building was faced with beautiful stones" |
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Related Words: cover, reface |
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(verb) line near the edge with a different material, as of a garment |
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Related Words: line, reface |
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(verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction |
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Related Words: turn |
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(verb) be opposite; "In this exercise, the gymnast should face the floor" |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) a vertical surface of a building or cliff |
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Related Words: coalface, perpendicular, vertical surface |
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(noun) the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" |
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Related Words: clock dial, clock face, dial, front |
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(noun) the striking or working surface of an implement |
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Related Words: surface |
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(noun) the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing" |
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Related Words: appearance, visual aspect |
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(noun) status in the eyes of others; "he lost face" |
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Related Words: position, status |
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(noun) the front of the 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" |
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Synonyms: human face |
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Related Words: countenance, external body part, kisser, mug, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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(noun) the part of an animal corresponding to the human face |
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Related Words: external body part, muzzle |
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(noun) (synecdoche) a part of a person 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" |
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Related Words: human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; ""We confronted him with the evidence" |
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Synonyms: confront, present |
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(verb) oppose in hostility; "confront an opponent" |
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Synonyms: confront |
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Related Words: breast, encounter, front, match, meet, oppose, pit, play, tackle, take on, take on, take the bull by the horns |
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(noun) a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" |
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Synonyms: grimace |
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Related Words: facial expression, facial gesture, moue, pout, wry face |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: side |
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Related Words: back end, backside, beam-ends, bottom, forepart, front, front end, lee, lee side, leeward, rear, surface, top, top side, underside, undersurface, upper side, upside |
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(verb) come to grips with face (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems" |
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Synonyms: confront, face up |
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Related Words: approach, go about, set about, tackle, take on, undertake |
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(verb) face 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" |
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Synonyms: front, look |
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Related Words: confront, lie |
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(verb) face in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment looks across the Hudson" |
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Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over, overlook |
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Related Words: lie |
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(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family |
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Synonyms: font, fount, typeface |
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Related Words: Gothic, Helvetica, black letter, boldface, cartridge font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, font cartridge, italic, monospaced font, proportional font, raster font, sans serif, screen font, type, typewriter font |
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(noun) the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" |
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Synonyms: aspect, expression, facial expression, look |
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Related Words: countenance, leer, light, spark, sparkle, visage |
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(noun) impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" |
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Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, effrontery, nerve |
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Related Words: aggressiveness, audaciousness, audacity, chutzpah, hutzpa |
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