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noun 
  1. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
She has a pretty .
  1. One's facial expression.
Why the sad ?
  1. The public image.
The of this company.
  1. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron.
  2. The numbered dial of a clock or watch.
  3. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
  4. (slang) The mouth.
Shut your !
He's always stuffing his with chips.
  1. (slang) Makeup.
I'll be out in a sec, just let me put on my .
  1. (slang, professional wrestling) The good guy; a wrestler embodying heroic or virtuous traits.
The fans cheered on the as he made his comeback.
  1. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
Put a big sign on each of the building that can be seen from the road.
They climbed the north of the mountain.
  1. (cards) 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)
Translations: 
  • Dutch: bakkes
  • French: gueule(fr)f
  • German: Facette(de, Flí¤che, f}}, {{t+, de)f
  • Italian: volto(it, faccia, f, m(it, viso), {{t+, it)m
  • Spanish: faz(es)f, cara(es)f
verb (fac, es)
  1. (transitive, of a person or animal) to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
Face the sun.
  1. (transitive, of an object) to have its front closest to (something else).
Turn the chair so it faces the table.
  1. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
I'm going to have to this sooner or later.
  1. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany.
  1. (intransitive) (cricket) To be the striking batsman.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: onder ogen zien, mee afrekenen, tegemoet gaan, de confrontatie aangaan met
  • French: faire face í 
  • German: (sich etwas) stellen
  • Spanish: es(es, enfrentar}}, {{t-)encarar
adjective 
  1. (slang, professional wrestling) (rfd-sense) Describing the good guy wrestler.
Etymology: From (and modern) (term, lang=fr, face), from (term, facies, , form, appearance)


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