Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - face
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~1 n 1 »FRONT OF YOUR HEAD« the front part of the head from the chin to the forehead (She has such a pretty face. | Bob's face was covered in cuts and bruises. | a sea of faces (=a lot of faces seen together)) (The Principal looked down from the platform at the sea of faces below) 2 »EXPRESSION« an expression on someone's face (the children's happy faces | make/pull a face (=change your expression to make people laugh, or to show that you are angry, disappointed etc)) (Emma was making faces at me through the window.) you should have seen his/her face spoken (=used to say how angry, surprised etc someone looked) (You should have seen Steve's face when I told him I was resigning. | sb's face was a picture spoken (=used to say that they looked very angry, surprised etc) | sb's face brightened/lit up (=they started to smile and look happy)) (David's face lit up when I mentioned her name. | sb's face fell (=they started to look disappointed or upset)) (His face fell when I told him the news. | a face like thunder (=a very angry expression)) (Mr Neeson came striding towards us with a face like thunder. | a long face (=an unhappy or worried expression)) 3 »PERSON« a) a famous/well-known face someone who is famous from television, magazines, films etc b) new/different face someone who you have not seen before (There are a few new faces in class this year.) c) the same old faces people that you see often, especially too often (It's the same old faces at our meetings every week.) 4 pale-faced/round-faced etc having a face that has a particular shape or colour (a pale-faced youth) (- see also redfaced) 5 serious-faced/grim-faced etc showing a particular expression on your face (Negotiators emerged grim-faced after the day's talks.) (- see also barefaced, pofaced, pokerfaced, stonyfaced) 6 face to face a) if two people are face to face, they are very close and in front of each other (meet sb face to face) (I've never met her face to face. We've only talked on the phone. | come face to face with (=suddenly meet someone who makes you very frightened, surprised etc)) (At that moment he came face to face with Sergeant Burke.) b) in a situation where you have to accept or deal with something unpleasant (bring sb face to face with) (He was brought face to face with the truth about his daughter's disappearance. | come face to face with) (This was the first time I'd ever come face to face with poverty.) (- see also facetoface) 7 to sb's face if you say something unpleasant to someone's face you say it to them directly (I told him to his face just what I thought.) 8 face down/downwards with the face or front towards the ground (The body was lying face down on the carpet.) 9 face up/upwards with the face or front towards the sky (She laid the cards out face upwards.) 10 in the face of in a situation where there are many problems, difficulties, or dangers (bravery in the face of danger) 11 on the face of it used to say that something seems true but that you think there may be other facts about it which are not yet clear (It looks, on the face of it, like a minor change in the regulations. | On the face of it, Norman seems the ideal man for the job.) 12 the face of a) the way in which an organization, system etc appears to people (Recent events that changed the face of the British monarchy) b) the general appearance of a particular place (the changing face of the landscape) 13 lose face to make other people lose their respect for you (He doesn't want to back down and risk losing face.) 14 save face if you do something to save face, you do it so that people will not lose their respect for you (Rather than admit defeat, Franklin compromised in order to save face.) 15 blow up/go up in sb's face if a situation blows up or goes up in your face, it goes wrong, especially in an embarrassing way 16 disappear/vanish off the face of the earth to suddenly disappear (I haven't seen Paul in ages, he seems to have vanished off the face of the earth.) 17 sb's face doesn't fit used to say that someone is not the right kind of person for a particular group, organization etc 18 put a brave face (on) to make an effort to behave in a happy cheerful way when you are upset or disappointed (He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.) 19 set your face against especially BrE to be very determined that something should not happen 20 »MOUNTAIN/CLIFF« a steep, high side of a mountain, cliff etc (The cliff face was starting to crumble into the sea.) 21 »CLOCK« the front of a clock 22 »MINE« the part of a mine from which coal, stone etc is cut 23 »OUTSIDE SURFACE« one of the outside surfaces of an object or building (A cube has six faces.) 24 »SPORT« the part of a bat (bat1 (2)) or racket (racket1 (3)) that you use to hit the ball 25 in your face/in yer face slang behaviour, criticisms, remarks etc that are in your face are very direct and often shocking or surprising (Parson's `in your face' style of interviewing) 26 what's his face/what's her face spoken used as a way of talking about someone when you cannot remember their name (I saw old what's his face in school yesterday.) 27 put your face on informal humorous to put makeup on (- see also have egg on your face egg1 (4), fly in the face of fly1 (28), a straight face straight2 (11), laugh in sb's face laugh1 (12), not just a pretty face pretty2 (5), show your face show1 (13), shut your face shut1 (3), a slap in the face slap2 (2), be staring sb in the face stare1 (2), do sth till you're blue in the face blue1 (6), wipe the smile/grin off sb's face wipe1 (7), have sth written all over your face write (5)) ~2 v 1 »DIFFICULT SITUATION« if you face a difficult situation or if it faces you, you must deal with it (The President faces the difficult task of putting the economy back on its feet. | McManus is facing the biggest challenge of his career. | be faced with/by) (I was faced with the awful job of breaking the news to the girl's family.) 2 »ADMIT A PROBLEM EXISTS« to accept that a difficult situation or problem exists, even though you would prefer to ignore it (face the fact that) (Many couples refuse to face the fact that they have problems with their marriage. | face facts) (It's time that we started to face a few hard facts. | face the truth) (He had to face the awful truth that she no longer loved him. | (let's) face it spoken (=used when saying something that someone may find difficult to accept or admit)) (Face it kid, you're never gonna be a rock star.) 3 can't face if you cannot face something, you feel unable to do it because it seems too unpleasant or difficult (I don't want to go back to school again - I just can't face it. | can't face doing sth) (He couldn't face driving all the way to Los Angeles.) 4 »BE OPPOSITE« to be opposite a person, building etc so that you are pointing towards them, or to point in a particular direction (They stood facing each other for a few minutes. | Rita's apartment faces the harbor. | face north/east etc (=point towards the north, east etc)) (My bedroom faces south.) south-facing/west-facing etc (a south-facing garden) (- see front1) 5 »UNPLEASANT POSSIBILITY« to have the possibility that something bad or unpleasant might happen to you (If he can't pay up, he's faced with losing his home. | Evans could face the electric chair.) 6 »TEAM/OPPONENT« to play against an opponent or team in a game or competition (Martinez will face Robertson in tomorrow's final.) 7 »DIFFICULT PERSON« to deal with someone who is difficult to deal with, or talk to someone who you do not want to talk to (You're going to have to face him sooner or later.) 8 face the music informal to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done 9 »BUILDING« be faced with stone/concrete etc to be covered in stone, concrete1 etc face sb down phr v to deal with someone in a strong and confident way (The police chief faced down reporters who were calling for his resignation.) face up to sth phr v to accept and deal with an unpleasant fact or problem (They'll never offer you another job; you might as well face up to it.) face sb with sth phr v T often passive to show someone evidence that proves they have done something wrong
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I. [c red]NOUN USES (faces) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please look at category 25 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. Your face is the front part of your head from your chin to the top of your forehead, where your mouth, eyes, nose, and other features are. A strong wind was blowing right in my face... He was going red in the face and breathing with difficulty... She had a beautiful face. N-COUNT: oft poss N 2. If your face is happy, sad, or serious, for example, the expression on your face shows that you are happy, sad, or serious. He was walking around with a sad face... The priest frowned into the light, his face puzzled. N-COUNT: poss N, adj N 3. The face of a cliff, mountain, or building is a vertical surface or side of it. ...the north face of the Eiger... He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face. N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n 4. The face of a clock or watch is the surface with the numbers or hands on it, which shows the time. N-COUNT 5. If you say that the face of an area, institution, or field of activity is changing, you mean its appearance or nature is changing. ...the changing face of the British countryside... N-SING: the N of n 6. If you refer to something as the particular face of an activity, belief, or system, you mean that it is one particular aspect of it, in contrast to other aspects. Who ever thought people would see Arsenal as the acceptable face of football? N-SING: the adj N of n 7. If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people’s respect or admiration. To cancel the airport would mean a loss of face for the present governor... She claimed they’d been in love, but I sensed she was only saying this to save face. N-UNCOUNT 8. see also about-face, face value, poker face 9. If you say that someone...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin facies make, form, ~, from ~re to make, do — more at do Date: 13th century 1. a. the front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes b. the ~ as a means of identification ; countenance would know that ~ anywhere 2. archaic presence, sight 3. a. facial expression a friendly ~ b. a facial expression of distaste or displeasure he made a ~ when he saw the test results c. makeup 3a(1) 4. a. (1) outward appearance put a good ~ on it (2) the aspect of something that is perceptible or obvious upon superficial examination the theory is absurd on its ~ — Kim Neely b. disguise, pretense c. (1) assurance, confidence maintaining a firm ~ in spite of adversity (2) effrontery how anyone could have the ~ to ask that question d. dignity, prestige afraid to lose ~ 5. sur~: a. (1) a front, upper, or outer sur~ (2) the front of something having two or four sides (3) facade (4) an exposed sur~ of rock (5) any of the plane sur~s that bound a geometric solid b. a sur~ specially prepared: as (1) the principal dressed sur~ (as of a disk) (2) the right side (as of cloth or leather) (3) an inscribed, printed, or marked side c. a striking sur~ (as of a tool) the ~ of the golf club the ~ of an anvil d. (1) the sur~ (as of type) that receives the ink and transfers it to the paper (2) a style of type 6. the end or wall of a mine tunnel, drift, or excavation at which work is progressing 7. ~ value 8. person lots of new ~s around here II. verb (~d; facing) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to confront impudently 2. a. to line near the edge especially with a different material b. to cover the front or sur~ of ~d the building with marble 3. to meet ~-to-~ or in competition 4. a. to stand or sit with the ~ toward b. to have the...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of the facial features (had a happy face). 3 composure, coolness, effrontery. 4 the surface of a thing, esp. as regarded or approached, esp.: a the visible part of a celestial body. b a side of a mountain etc. (the north face). c the (usu. vertical) surface of a coal-seam. d Geom. each surface of a solid. e the fa{ccedil}ade of a building. f the plate of a clock or watch bearing the digits, hands, etc. 5 a the functional or working side of a tool etc. b the distinctive side of a playing card. c the obverse of a coin. 6 = TYPEFACE. 7 the outward appearance or aspect (the unacceptable face of capitalism). 8 a person, esp. conveying some quality or association (a face from the past; some young faces for a change). --v. 1 tr. & intr. look or be positioned towards or in a certain direction (face towards the window; facing the window; the room faces north). 2 tr. be opposite (facing page 20). 3 tr. a (often foll. by out) meet resolutely or defiantly; confront (face one's critics). b not shrink from (face the facts). 4 tr. present itself to; confront (the problem that faces us; faces us with a problem). 5 tr. a cover the surface of a thing with a coating, extra layer, etc. b put a facing on (a garment). 6 intr. & tr. turn or cause to turn in a certain direction. Phrases and idioms face-ache 1 neuralgia. 2 sl. a mournful-looking person. face-card = court-card. face-cloth 1 a cloth for washing one's face. 2 a smooth-surfaced woollen cloth. face-cream a cosmetic cream applied to the face to improve the complexion. face down (or downwards) with the face or surface turned towards the ground, floor, etc. face facts (or the facts) recognize the truth. face-flannel = face-cloth 1. face-lift 1 (also face-lifting) cosmetic surgery to remove wrinkles etc. by tightening the skin of the face. 2 a procedure to improve the appearance of a thing. face the music colloq. put up with or stand up to unpleasant consequences, esp. criticism. face-pack a preparation...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сокр. от face advance control equipment оборудование для контроля подвигания забоя FACE 1) передняя поверхность; верхняя поверхность; наружная поверхность 2) лицо, лицевая сторона, лицевая поверхность; лобовая поверхность 3) грань (напр. геометрической фигуры, кристалла); фаска, срез 4) горн. забой; лава 5) гидр. откос; грань 6) облицовка; защитное покрытие облицовывать; устраивать защитное покрытие 7) экран (плотины) устраивать экран (плотины) 8) подпил, подруб (дерева при валке); надрез (ствола) 9) пласть (пиломатериала) 10) плоский боёк (молота) 11) режущая кромка (напр. пилы) 12) фасад, вид спереди 13) торцевая поверхность, торец подрезать торец, производить торцевую обработку 14) обработанная поверхность 15) передняя поверхность (режущего инструмента) 16) ширина венца (ЗК) 17) дно (баллона ЭЛТ); экран (ЭЛГ) 18) передняя панель (прибора) 19) шкала (прибора) 20) начертание (рисунок) шрифта 21) очко (литеры) 22) лицевая сторона оттиска 23) пищ. передняя грань (рифли вальца) 24) верхняя поверхность (нижнего жёрнова) 25) циферблат (часов) 26) отделывать одежду face left — геод. круг лево; face right — геод. круг право; to change face — геод. изменять положение вертикального круга (при измерении...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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лицевая поверхность; грань; облицовка облицовывать фасад (здания) забой; стенка выемки bevel face скошенная грань (напр. клина) наклонная поверхность (стены и т. п.) digging face downstream face end face exposed face hot face inner face inset beam face interior face lateral face marked face mixed face pilaster face side face spillway face tunnel face upstream face wall face water face watertight face work face ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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(= faceplate) 1) экран электронно-лучевой трубки, экран ЭЛТ 2) шкала 3) лицевая панель – bottom face – front face – mosaic face – neutral-density face – phosphor-dot face – reading face – spherical face – working face ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) встретить 2) встречать 3) грань 4) забой 5) забойный 6) лицевать 7) лицевая поверхность 8) лицевой 9) лицо 10) личной 11) облицовочный 12) облицовывать 13) пласть 14) торец 15) торцевать 16) торцовать 17) торцовый 18) циферблат 19) экран advance face to the dip — подвигать забой по падению advance face to the rise — подвигать забой по восстанию advance face to the strike — подвигать забой по простиранию bevel face of crystal — скашивать грань кристалла boundary bounding face — окаймленная грань cleave face of crystal — скалывать грань кристалла design of type face — начертание шрифта face milling cutter — торцовая фреза face of a hammer — лицо молота face of polyhedral angle — грань многогранного угла face power shovel — прямая механическая лопата face slab of dam — напорная плита плотины face up a contact — зачищать контакт front of working face — очистный фронт pick hammer face — молотковая лава picture tube face — экран кинескопа smallest closed simplicial face — наименьшая замкнутая симплициальная грань suction face of blade — спинка лопасти top line of type face — верхняя линия шрифта width of face area — ширина призабойного пространства - active face - blade face - boundary face - breakage face - bulb face - cleavage face - closed face - coal face - combinatorial face - continuous face - cube face - cutter face - cutter-loading face - dead face - disk face - double face - essential face - even face - exceptional face - face of brick - face of crystal -...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. сущ. 1) лицо 2) лицевая сторона • - at face value - face to face - in the face of 2. гл. 1) стоять лицом к 2) встречать смело 3) смотреть в лицо 4) сталкиваться - face difficulties FACE лицевая сторона; экран; столкнуться с – type face ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1) лицо; морда (животного) 2) лицевая поверхность 3) выражение лица 4) гримаса 5) вид спереди – alert face – bared-teeth face – dished face – E face – fracture face – lip-smacking face – neutral face – P face – pointed face – relaxed face – relaxed open-mouth face – straight face – valve face – white face ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. лицо, физиономия face massage —- массаж лица face angle —- антр. лицевой угол black (blue,red) in the face —- багровый (от гнева, напряжения и т. п.) 2. морда (животного) 3. выражение лица face of a dying calf —- глуповато-меланхолическое выражение лица his face fell —- у него вытянулась физиономия straight face —- бесстрастное (ничего не выражающее) лицо, "маска" to straighten one's face —- пытаться принять невозмутимый вид, успокоиться, перестать смеяться to keep a straigt face, to keep one's face straight —- сохранять невозмутимое (бесстрастное) выражение; удерживаться от смеха to make (to pull, to weer) a long face —- иметь огорченный (печальный, кислый, мрачный, разочарованный) вид to read people's faces —- быть хорошим физиономистом 4. разг. гримаса to make (to pull) a face —- сделать гримасу, гримасничать to make faces —- корчить (строить) рожи to make (to pull) a pitiful face —- скорчить постную физиономию to make a wry face —- скорчить рожу 5. внешний вид on (upon) the face of (it) —- судя по внешнему виду; на первый взгляд upon the face of the document —- если исходить из буквального смысла документа on the face of it you are guilty —- похоже на то, что вы виновны the idea is absurd on the face of it —- на первый взгляд эта мысль кажется абсурдной to carry a (the) face (of) —- казаться (кем-л., чем-л.) this version carries no face of probability —- эта...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) лицо; лик; физиономия - face to face in/to smb. s face открыто, в лицо, в глаза - in the face of - laugh in face - black in the face - full face - half face - straight face - keep a straight face 2) выражение лица a sad/long face - печальный, мрачный вид 3) гримаса - draw faces - make faces 4) внешний вид on the face of it - судя по внешнему виду; на первый взгляд to put a new face on - представить все в новом свете; придать другой вид to put a bold face on - не растеряться 5) передняя, лицевая сторона, лицо (медали и т.п.); правая сторона (ткани; тж. face of cloth) 6) obs. вид спереди; фасад 7) наглость to have the face to say - иметь наглость сказать что-л. - show a face 8) циферблат 9) tech. (лобовая) поверхность; торец; срез, фаска 10) mil. фас; right about face! - направо кругом! 11) geom. грань 12) mining забой; плоскость забоя 13) облицовка 14) typ. очко (литеры) 15) constr. ширина (доски) 16) sport струнная поверхность (теннисной ракетки) to fling/cast/throw smth. in smb. s face - бросать в лицо - before smb. s face - save ones face - lose face to set ones face against smth. (решительно) противиться чему-л. to open ones face amer. заговорить, перестать отмалчиваться its written all over his face это у него на лбу написано to travel on ones face, to run ones face amer. использовать располагающую внешность для достижения цели; выезжать на смазливой мордочке 2. v. 1) стоять лицом к...Англо-русский словарь
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transport. abbr. Fatality Assessment And Control Evaluation mil. abbr. Forward Aviation Combat Engineering univ. abbr. Fine Arts Core Education file ext. abbr. Bitmap graphics (UNIX Faceserver image file) (Usenix FACE) educ. abbr. Family And Child Education religion abbr. Faith And Cultural Exchange law abbr. Fire Awareness Child Education gen. bus. abbr. Friends Achieving Customer Excellence gen. bus. abbr. Friends Of Active Copyright Education gen. bus. abbr. Fast, Accurate, Cheap, And Easy gen. bus. abbr. Focus Ask Comment And Employ gen. bus. abbr. Focus Align Connect And Excel pos. abbr. Fast Accredited Creative Expert firm name abbr. Fast Accredited Creative Experts ...English abbreviation dictionary
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See: BLUE IN THE FACE, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FLY IN THE FACE OF, HATCHET FACE, HIDE ONE'S FACE, IN ONE'S FACE, IN THE FACE OF, LONG FACE, LOOK IN THE EYE or LOOK IN THE FACE, MAKE A FACE, ON THE FACE OF IT, SAVE FACE, SET ONE'S FACE AGAINST, SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH or SHOOT OFF ONE'S FACE, SHOW ONE'S FACE, SLAP IN THE FACE, STARE IN THE FACE, STRAIGHT FACE, THROW IN ONE'S FACE, TO ONE'S FACE. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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