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face /fās/ noun- The front part of the head, including forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin
- The outside form or appearance
- The front or surface of anything
- A flat surface of a solid geometrical figure, crystal, etc
- The striking surface of a golf club, etc
- The edge of a cutting tool, etc
- The front or upper surface, or that usually on view
- The exposed surface in a cliff, mine or quarry
- A principal cleavage-plane (geology)
- The dial of a watch, etc
- The printed surface of a playing card
- A style of letter or type (printing)
- Special appearance or facial expression
- Aspect, look, configuration
- Command of facial expression and bearing
- Boldness, effrontery
- A grimace
- Presence
- Anger or favour (Bible)
- (also baby face) a wrestler with a crowd-pleasing persona, opp to heel
transitive verb- To meet in the face or in front
- To stand opposite to or looking towards
- To be confronted with
- To confront
- To stand up to
- To brave
- To resist
- To put an additional face or surface on
- To cover in front
- To trim
intransitive verb- (often with on, to or towards) to direct or turn the face
- To take or have a direction
- To show a face, esp bold or false (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Fr face, from L faciēs form or face; perh from facere to make faced adjective - Having a face
- Having the outer surface dressed
- With the front covered with another material
faceˈless adjective - Having no face
- (of a person or people concerned in some action) with identity unknown or concealed
- Robot-like, esp of bureaucratic officials who allow no degree of personality to intrude on their decision-making processes
facˈer noun - A tool for smoothing or facing a surface
- A severe blow on the face (slang)
- An affront (informal)
- Anything that staggers one, a sudden problem or difficulty (informal)
- A person who faces something
- A person who puts on a false show (obsolete)
- A boldfaced person (obsolete)
facial /fāˈshl/ adjective - Of or relating to the face
- For the face
noun (informal)A beauty treatment to the face faˈcialist noun A beautician who specializes in performing facial treatments faˈcially adverb facˈing noun - A covering in front for decoration or protection
- (in pl) the collar, lapels and cuffs of a garment, esp in a contrasting colour
faceˈ-ache noun - Neuralgia in the nerves of the face
- An ugly or disagreeable person (slang; usu used as a mild or facetious insult)
Faceˈbook® noun A popular social networking website face card noun A playing-card bearing a face (king, queen or jack) faceˈ-centred adjective (of a crystal structure) with an atom in the centre of the face of each unit cell as well as at each vertex faceˈcloth or face flannel noun - A cloth used in washing the face
- (facecloth) a cloth laid over the face of a corpse or living person
face cream noun A cosmetic cream for the face faceˈ-fungˈus noun (informal) A moustache or beard faceˈ-guard or face mask noun A kind of mask to guard or protect the face faceˈ-hardˈen transitive verb To harden on the surface, to case-harden (lit and figurative) faceˈlift noun - A surgical operation to smooth and firm the tissues of the face
- A renovating process, esp one applied to the outside of a building
faceˈman or faceˈworker noun A miner who works at the coalface, as opposed to elsewhere in or at the mine face mask noun - A face-guard
- A face pack
faceˈ-off noun - (in ice-hockey, etc) the dropping of the puck between two players to start the game
- A confrontation (figurative)
- See also face off below
face pack noun A creamy cosmetic mixture put onto the face to cleanse and tone the complexion, and removed when dry face paint noun Paint used to decorate the face face painting noun faceˈplate noun - A disc on which a piece of wood, etc can be fixed for turning on a lathe
- A protective plate in front of a piece of machinery
- A flat transparent panel on the front of a protective helmet
- The screen or front of a cathode-ray tube
face powder noun A cosmetic powder for the face faceˈ-saver noun A course of action that saves one's face (see below) faceˈ-saving noun and adjective Saving one's face (see below) FaceˈTime® noun An application enabling video calls to be made over a wireless network transitive verb (usu without caps) to communicate with (a person) using this application face value noun - The value as stated on the face of a coin, share certificate, etc
- The apparent value of anything, which may not be the same as its real value
facial angle noun (in skull measurement) the angle formed by lines drawn from the middle of the forehead to the upper jaw above the incisor teeth and from the opening of the ear to the opening of the nose facial mapping noun A forensic technique for reconstructing the original face beneath a disguise face down - To shame or intimidate with stern looks
- To confront and make concede
face off - To start a game (of ice-hockey, etc) by a face-off
- To confront each other
- To adopt a mutually confrontational attitude
face out - To carry off by confident appearance
- To face down
face the music (informal) - To accept unpleasant consequences at their worst
- To brave a trying situation, hostile reception, etc
face to face - Opposite
- In actual presence, in person
- In confrontation (faceˈ-to-faceˈ adjective)
face up to - To face or stand up to
- To recognize (a fact or facts) and prepare to endure or act bravely
fly in the face of To oppose or defy get in (or out of) someone's face (informal) To begin (or stop) harassing or obstructing someone have two faces To be two-faced (see under two) in the face of In defiance of, despite in-your-face or in-yer-face (slang) - Aggressive
- Direct and provocative
look (someone) in the face To look at (someone) without shame or embarrassment lose face To lose prestige loss of face Humiliation, loss of dignity make or pull faces at To distort one's face into exaggerated expressions in order to amuse, annoy, etc off one's face (slang) - Drunk or high on drugs
- Crazy
on the face of it - On its own showing
- As is palpably plain
- At first glance
pull a long face To look dismal put a good or brave face on (it) To adopt a good-natured or stoical attitude in a troublesome situation put one's face on (informal) To apply cosmetics to the face right face!, left face! or right about face! Words of command, on which soldiers turn to the side specified run one's face (obs sl) To obtain things on credit by sheer impudence save one's face To avoid humiliation or appearance of climbing down set one's face against To oppose strenuously show one's face To appear to one's face In one's presence, openly set /set/ transitive verb (settˈing; set)- To put, place, or fix in position or required condition
- To dispose, array, arrange
- To restore (a broken bone) to its normal alignment
- To apply
- To cause to be
- To plant
- To stake
- To embed
- To frame
- To mount
- To beset or bestow about
- To stud, dot, sprinkle, variegate
- To put in type (printing)
- To compose (type)
- To form or represent, eg in jewels
- To adjust to show the correct (or a specified) time, etc
- To spread, lay, cover (a table) with the food, dishes, etc for a meal, or (Scot and dialect) to cover the table with the food, dishes, etc for (a meal)
- To regulate
- To appoint
- To ordain
- To assign
- To prescribe
- To propound
- To put on a course, start off
- To incite, direct
- To put in opposition
- To posit
- To cause to become solid, coagulated, rigid, fixed, or motionless
- To begin to form (eg a fruit or seed)
- To rate, value
- To pitch (eg a tune)
- To compose or fit music to
- To position (sails) to catch the wind
- To arrange (hair) in a particular style when wet, so that it will remain in it when dry
- To seat (obsolete and dialect)
- To put (a hen) on eggs
- To put (eggs) under a hen
- (of a gundog) to indicate by crouching
- To sharpen (eg a razor)
- To defeat (one's opponent's contract) usu by a stated number of tricks (bridge)
- To escort (Scot and N Eng dialect)
- To lease or let to a tenant (esp Scot)
- To become, befit (chiefly Scot)
- Conversely, to appear to advantage in (Scot)
intransitive verb- To go down towards or below the horizon, to decline
- To offer a stake
- To become rigid, fixed, hard, solid, or permanent
- To coagulate
- (of a broken bone) to knit
- To settle down
- (of eg bone) to begin to develop
- To have, take or start along a course or direction
- To dance in a facing position
- To acquire a set or bend
- (of dogs) to point out game
- To apply or betake oneself
- To hang in position
- To be in session
- To sit (now obsolete or dialect)
adjective- In any of the senses of the participle
- Prescribed
- Deliberate, intentional
- Prearranged
- Formal
- Settled
- Fixed
- Rigid
- Determined
- Regular
- Established
- Ready
noun- A group of persons or things, esp of a type that associate, occur, or are used together or have something in common
- A clique, coterie, exclusive group
- A complete series, collection, or complement
- A company performing a dance
- A series of dance movements or figures
- A complete apparatus, esp for receiving radio or television signals
- An act, process, mode, or time of setting
- A setting
- An inclination
- A direction
- The scenery, properties, etc set up for a scene (theatre, etc)
- The place where filming takes place (cinematography)
- Any collection of objects, called ‘elements’, defined by specifying the elements (mathematics)
- The basic haploid complement of chromosomes (biology)
- Habitual or temporary form, posture, carriage, position, or tendency
- The items performed by a singer or band at a concert
- A series of games, the winner being the first side to win at least six games and at least two games more than the opponent, usu with a tie-break played to decide the winner if the score reaches six games all (tennis)
- A shot sending the cue ball against an object ball, with the aim of causing a third ball that is touching the object ball to be propelled towards a pocket (snooker)
- A set hairstyle
- The hang of a garment
- A young cutting, bulb or tuber, for planting
- A gun dog's indication of game
- Bodily build (now dialect)
- Permanent effect of strain
- The constitution of a burgh
- (for the following senses, set or sett): the number of a weaver's reed, determining the number of threads to the inch
- The texture resulting
- A square or a pattern of tartan
- A paving-block of stone or wood
- A tool for setting in various senses
- A badger's burrow
- A lease or letting (Scot)
- A mining lease or area worked (Cornwall, etc)
- A place with fixed fishing-nets
ORIGIN: OE settan; cognate with Ger setzen, ON setja, Gothic satjan; settan is the weak causative of sittan to sit; the noun is from the verb, but may be partly from OE set seat, partly from OFr sette, from L secta sect setˈness noun settˈer noun - Someone who or something that sets
- A dog that sets
- A dog of a breed derived from the spaniel and (probably) pointer
- A person who finds victims for thieves, etc
- A spy
settˈing noun - The act of someone who sets
- The direction of current
- Fixation
- Surroundings
- Environment
- The scenery and props used in a single scene of a play, film, etc
- A level of power, volume, etc, to which a machine or other device can be set
- Mounting of jewellery
- The period of time in which a play, novel, etc, is set
- A set of cutlery, crockery and glassware laid out for use by one person
- Adaptation to music
- Music composed for a song, poem, etc
- A system of dividing pupils in mixed-ability classes into ability groups for certain subjects only
- The period of play after a game has been set (to two, three or five) (badminton)
setˈ-aside noun (also land set-aside) the practice or policy of taking agricultural land out of production (set-aside scheme specif that introduced to reduce EU grain surpluses, with compensatory payments to farmers) setˈback noun - A check, reverse, or relapse
- A disappointment or misfortune
- A receding section in the upper part of a tall building
set dancing noun A traditional form of Irish dancing, usu involving a group of four couples in a square formation setˈ-down noun - A rebuff or snub
- A scolding
setˈline noun Any of various kinds of fishing-line suspended between buoys, etc, and having shorter baited lines attached to it set menu noun A complete meal with limited options offered by a restaurant at a fixed price setˈ-off noun - A claim set against another
- A crossclaim which partly offsets the original claim
- A counterbalance
- An ornament
- A contrast, foil
- A setting forth
- An offset (architecture and printing)
setˈ-out noun - An outfit
- Preparations
- A display of dishes, dress, etc
- Company or clique
set piece noun - A piece of theatrical scenery with a supporting framework, distinguished from a side-scene or drop-scene
- An elaborately arranged display in fireworks
- A painstakingly prepared performance
- (a carefully planned and executed piece of team-work at) a corner or free kick (football, etc)
setˈ-piece adjective set point noun (tennis, etc) A point which wins a set set pot noun A fixed boiler or copper setˈscrew noun A screw used to prevent relative motion by exerting pressure with its point set speech noun A studied oration set square noun A right-angled triangular drawing instrument setˈ-stitch'd adjective (Sterne) Perh embroidered setter-forthˈ noun set terms plural noun Deliberately chosen, usu outspoken language setter-offˈ noun setter-onˈ noun setter-outˈ noun setter-upˈ noun set theory noun (mathematics) The investigation of the properties of sets setting lotion noun A lotion containing gum or resin used to fix or set a hairstyle set-toˈ noun (pl set-tosˈ or set-to'sˈ) - A bout
- A fight or argument
- A fierce contest
setˈ-topˈ box noun A device that allows a conventional television set to receive a digital signal setˈ-up noun - The arrangement, organization, configuration or structure of anything
- The place where an instrument for measuring, surveying, recording, etc is set up
- A situation, the outcome of which has been prearranged, eg one in which someone is made a victim (informal)
- A shot, forming part of a scene, consisting of part of the action, close-up or location, etc (film)
- Bodily carriage and physique. See also set up below
dead set - Determined (on)
- Indisputable (Aust sl)
set about - To begin, take in hand
- To attack
- To spread (rumours)
set against - To assail
- To compare or balance
set (a game) to two, three or five (badminton) To set, in the final stages of a game, a new deciding score of two, three, or five points set alight, set light to, set fire to or set on fire To cause to break into flame and burn set apart - To put aside, or out of consideration
- To separate, distinguish
set aside - To put away or to one side
- To reject, annul
- To reserve, lay by
- To take (agricultural land) out of production, to leave fallow
set at naught see under naught set back - To check, delay, hinder, reverse
- To cost (in money; informal)
- To place at some distance behind
- To surprise, take aback
set by - To lay up
- To put aside
- To value or esteem, to care (archaic)
set down - To lay on the ground
- To put in writing, record
- To appoint a time for (Shakespeare)
- To judge, esteem, regard
- To snub
- To pitch, encamp (Shakespeare)
- To attribute, ascribe
- To lay down authoritatively
- To stop and allow (passengers) to alight from a taxi, bus, car, etc
set eyes on To see, catch sight of set fair - (of weather) steadily fair
- (of future prospects, outlook, etc) settled and secure
- Likely, to all appearances (to do the desired thing)
set fire to see set alight above. set forth - To exhibit, display
- To state, expound, declare
- To praise, recommend
- To publish
- To start on a journey
set free To release, liberate set going To put in motion set hand to To set to work on set in - To begin
- To become prevalent or established
- (of wind, etc) to run landwards (nautical)
set in hand - To undertake
- To set someone about doing
set little, much, etc, by To regard or value little, much, etc set off - To start off
- To send off
- To show in relief or to advantage
- To counterbalance
- To make an offset, mark an opposite page
- To mark off, lay off
set on - To attack or incite to attack
- To instigate
- Bent or determined upon
set oneself To bend one's energies set oneself against To oppose set one's face against see under face set one's hand to - To start work on, set about
- To sign
set one's heart on see under heart set one's teeth To clench the teeth, as in strong resolution set on fire see set alight above. set on foot To set going, to start set out - To start, go forth
- To display
- To begin with an intention
- To expound
- To mark off
- To adorn
- To equip and send forth
set sail see under sail1 set to - To affix
- To apply oneself
- To set (eg a bone) (Shakespeare)
set up - To erect
- To put up
- To exalt, raise up (set you, him etc up (Scot; ironic) what a cheek you've, he's, etc got!)
- To arrange
- To begin
- To enable to begin
- To place in view
- To put in type
- To begin a career, esp in one's own business
- To make pretensions
- To arrange matters so as to implicate, incriminate, embarrass or make a fool of (another person) (informal) (setˈ-up noun)
set upon - To set on
- Determined on
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