face

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
2. (informal, slang) One's facial expression.
3. (informal, slang) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
4. (informal, slang) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
5. (informal, 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.
6. (informal, slang) The mouth.
7. (informal, slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
8. (figuratively) Public image; outward appearance.
9. (figuratively) Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
10. (figuratively) Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
11. (figuratively) An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
12. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
13. (figuratively) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
14. (figuratively, informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
15. The frontal aspect of something.
16. The frontal aspect of something.
17. The directed force of something.
18. Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
19. Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
20. The front surface of a bat.
21. The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
22. The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
23. 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).
24. (uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
25. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
26. 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.
27. A typeface.
28. A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.

Verb

1. (transitive) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
2. (transitive) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
3. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
4. (transitive) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
5. (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
6. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
7. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
8. (transitive) To have as an opponent.
9. (intransitive) To be the batsman on strike.
10. (obsolete, transitive) To confront impudently; to bully.
11. (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
12. (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
13. 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.
14. To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.

Sinònims

countenance

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🧥

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turn

see

👀

head

back

🔙

figure

overlay

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present

complexion

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👁️

facade

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facial features

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skin

skirt

smirk

😏

spread

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struggle

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style

subtend

suit

support

take on

take place

texture

to

towards

trace

tread

treat

trend

trim

type face

undertake

unite

until now

venture

vertex

visit

wall

with

wrap up

avert the eyes

be equivalent to

bottomhole

come face to face

direct towards

gather around

give onto

good name

head towards

join together

make a stand against

outward appearance

side with

turn something

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dirty face

well bottom

counter-

be hit

be applicable

be assigned

official stance

be facing

appearance of written words

have an audience

extorsion

Front

be in a stalemate

wait to meet

facial gesture

end face

front face

frontal surface

double image

index dial

dial plate

end surface

shank base

external aspect

finished side

front on

front surface

give toward

look toward

obverse side

principal side

side surface

end plane

head face

be arrayed against

complexion countenance

morphologic unit

binding face

terminal face

stope face

heading stope

maker-outer

visnomy

handle meet

abut

accept

🉑

accredit

address

add up

admit

affront

aim at

appear

apply

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arrive

arrogance

attack

👊

attire

audaciousness

audacity

bald head

bank

🏦

beak

bearing surface

be successful

border

bow

🙇

bravado

brazenness

breath

brow

cap

causeway

chance

🎲

characteristic

check with

chub

clock

clock-face

clothe

cluster

color

combine

compare

confidence

connect

contemplate

cope

corresponding

cosmetics

counteract

crest

cross

daring

deal with

defeat

delimit

desecrate

dress

👗

dynasty

effrontery

encrust

envisage

exterior

eyeball

eyes

👀

eyesocket

face side

face to face

facial

favour

feelings

find

🔍

first

1st

fit

flash

focus

for

fore

forepart

forwardness

freshness

fringe

frontal

gall

gaze

gloat

gob

go forward

graphical

greet

grit

hang

happen

hard surface

head-on

highwall

impudence

insolence

interline

in the face of

introduce

justification

kisser

lie

look at

look out

makeup

match

mettle

mien

mix

modifying

Traduccions

visage

cara

Gesicht

face

gezicht

rostro

figure

affronter

faz

Antlitz

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/feɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: face

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies. Displaced native onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere.
In the sense of face as in reputation, influenced by Chinese 面子 (miànzi) or 臉／脸 (liǎn), both of which mean literally the front of the head and metaphorically one's public image. See lose face.

Frases

The wind approached the boy and touched his face .

The levanter was still getting stronger , and he felt its force on his face .

I don't think he was any faker , not with that face .

Variety called Andree Lafayette " the ideal Trilby in face and figure ".