Толковый словарь английского языка - face

I. noun Usage: often attributive see: do Date: 13th century 1. the front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes, the ~ as a means of identification ; countenance , presence, sight, 3. facial expression , a facial expression of distaste or displeasure , makeup 3a(1), 4. a. outward appearance , the aspect of something that is perceptible or obvious upon superficial examination , disguise, pretense, c. assurance, confidence , effrontery , dignity, prestige , sur~:, a. a front, upper, or outer sur~, the front of something having two or four sides, facade, an exposed sur~ of rock, any of the plane sur~s that bound a geometric solid, a sur~ specially prepared: as, the principal dressed sur~ (as of a disk), the right side (as of cloth or leather), an inscribed, printed, or marked side, a striking sur~ (as of a tool) , d. the sur~ (as of type) that receives the ink and transfers it to the paper, a style of type, the end or wall of a mine tunnel, drift, or excavation at which work is progressing, ~ value, person , II. verb (~d; facing) Date: 15th century transitive verb to confront impudently, 2. to line near the edge especially with a different material, to cover the front or sur~ of , to meet ~-to-~ or in competition, 4. to stand or sit with the ~ toward, to have the front oriented toward , 5. to recognize and deal with straightforwardly , to master by confronting with determination, 6. to have as a prospect ; be confronted by , to be a prospect or a source of concern for , to bring ~-to-~ , to make the sur~ of (as a stone) flat or smooth, to cause (troops) to ~ in a particular direction on command, intransitive verb to have the ~ or front turned in a specified direction, to turn the ~ in a specified direction