face : Idioms & Phrases

• one giving no evidence of merriment or other emotion.

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• noun act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
  about turn.
  
• noun a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  about-face; policy change; reversal.
  
  • an about-face on foreign policy
• verb turn, usually 180 degrees
  
• verb change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
  

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• (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. Obs.

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Ap"ple-faced` adjective

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1. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-faced children." Dickens.

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• noun biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
  automatic face recognition; facial recognition.
  
  • they used face recognition to spot known terrorists

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• adjective satellite having a youthful-looking face
  

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• adjective satellite (of animals) having white markings on the face
  
• adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
  brassy; insolent; bodacious; audacious; brazen; bald-faced; barefaced.
  
  • an audacious trick to pull
  • a barefaced hypocrite
  • the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
  • bald-faced lies
  • brazen arrogance
  • the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell

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Bald"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

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• widgeon, the American widgeon.

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• noun North American hornet
  bald-faced hornet; Vespula maculata.
  

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Bell"-faced` adjective

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1. Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.

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Black"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.

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• noun a typeface with thick heavy lines
  boldface; bold.
  

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Bold"-faced` adjective

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1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman.

   I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced atheists of this age. Bramhall.

2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face. ✍ This line is bold-faced nonpareil.

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• adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
  brassy; insolent; bodacious; audacious; brazen; bald-faced; barefaced.
  
  • an audacious trick to pull
  • a barefaced hypocrite
  • the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
  • bald-faced lies
  • brazen arrogance
  • the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell

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Chub"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a plump, short face.

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• noun the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
  clock dial.
  

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Cop"per-faced` adjective

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1. Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

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Cream"-faced` adjective

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1. White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.

   Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

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• (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.

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• adjective satellite having a dirty face
  
  • a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him

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Dog"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a face resembling that of a dog.

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• (Zoöl.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.

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• adjective satellite (of fabrics) having faces on both sides
  
  • damask is a double-faced fabric
• adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  double-dealing; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
  
  • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
  • a double-dealing double agent
  • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

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Dou"ble-faced` adjective

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1. Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
2. Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. Milton.

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Dough"-faced` adjective

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1. Easily molded; pliable.

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• (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; called also tic douloureux.

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• noun the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle
  

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• noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
  court card; picture card.
  

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• one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.

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• noun bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
  washcloth; washrag; flannel.
  

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• a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.

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• noun a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
  vanishing cream; cold cream; coldcream.
  

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• noun the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
  whiskers; beard.
  

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• noun face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets
  

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• a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.

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• a hammer having a flat face.

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• (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.

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• noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
  face lift; nip and tuck; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; cosmetic surgery.
  
  • some actresses have more than one face lift
• noun a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes
  face lift; facelift.
  
  • give your home a facelift
  • more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction

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• noun a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes
  face lift; facelift.
  
  • give your home a facelift
  • more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction
• noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
  face lift; nip and tuck; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; cosmetic surgery.
  
  • some actresses have more than one face lift

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• noun mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey
  

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• (Zoöll.), a small, elongated mite (Demdex folliculorum), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.

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• the templet or pattern by which carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, ect.

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• the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.

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• (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle.

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• the surface of metal at the muzzle.

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• (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. Wilhelm.

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• (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.

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• its flat upper surface.

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• (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification.

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• verb start a game by a face-off
  bully off.
  

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• noun a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
  pack.
  

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• . (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. Knight.

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• noun cosmetic powder for the face
  

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• noun biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
  automatic face recognition; facial recognition.
  
  • they used face recognition to spot known terrorists
• noun the visual perception of familiar faces
  

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• noun an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
  face saver.
  

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• noun an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
  face saver.
  

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• noun soap used as a toiletry
  toilet soap; bath soap.
  

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• verb accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
  carry-the can.
  

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• noun work time spent at the location of or in the presence of other people
  
  • instead of working on the problem at home he devoted face time to it at the office

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• adverb involving close contact; confronting each other
  
  • the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner
  • they spoke face to face

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• . (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face." 1 Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis à vis; opposed to back to back.

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• noun a small towel used to dry the hands or face
  hand towel.
  

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• verb deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  confront; face.
  
  • You must confront your problems
  • He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes

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• noun the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
  par value; nominal value.
  
• noun the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
  

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• noun a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face
  

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• . (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.

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• noun a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date
  

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• verb harden steel by adding carbon
  

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• verb perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
  lift.
  

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• noun a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  showdown; confrontation; encounter.
  
• noun (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
  

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• adjective satellite maintaining dignity or prestige
  
  • a face-saving compromise

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• adjective satellite in each other's presence
  
  • a face-to-face encounter
• adverb within each other's presence
  
  • she met the president face-to-face
• adverb directly facing each other
  opposite.
  
  • the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table
  • lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street
  • they sat opposite at the table

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• noun two facing pages of a book or other publication
  spread; spread head; spreadhead.
  

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• noun a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume
  

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False"-faced` adjective

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1. Hypocritical. Shak.

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Fi"ber-faced`, Fi"bre-faced` adjective (Also<

• Fiber-faced
• Fibre-faced

)

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1. Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.

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• a face of the color of fleeten, i. e., blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you fleeten face."

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• verb go against
  fly in the teeth of.
  
  • This action flies in the face of the agreement

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• adjective satellite looking forward
  guardant; gardant.
  

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Glass"-faced` adjective

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1. Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. R. "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.

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Half"-faced` adjective

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1. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.

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• a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet ; hence:

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• sharp-visaged. Dryden.

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• L. facies Hippocratica, the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold; so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. Dunglison.

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• noun the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
  face.
  
  • he washed his face
  • I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news

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• adjective satellite blatantly aggressive
  
  • on-line hard-boiled in-your-face pornography

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• adjective satellite having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
  
  • a Janus-faced view of history
  • a Janus-faced policy
• adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  double-dealing; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
  
  • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
  • a double-dealing double agent
  • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
• adjective satellite having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
  Janus-faced.
  
  • Janus the two-faced god

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Ja"nus-faced` adjective

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1. Double-faced; deceitful. Knight.

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• one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently.

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Lean"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a thin face.
2. (Typog.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height. W. Savage.

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• adjective satellite having a face longer than the usual
  

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• verb contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
  make a face; grimace.
  
  • He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do

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• a round face like a full moon.

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• adjective satellite having a round face
  moon-faced.
  

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Moon"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a round, full face.

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Mul"ber*ry-faced` adjective

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1. Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.

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• adverb from appearances alone
  ostensibly; apparently; seemingly.
  
  • irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
  • the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
  • had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
  • on the face of it the problem seems minor

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• noun sandwich without a covering slice of bread
  open sandwich.
  

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• adjective satellite having a pale face
  

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Pitch"-faced` adjective

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1. (Stone Cutting) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.

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Plat"ter-faced` adjective

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1. Having a broad, flat face.

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• adjective satellite humorless and disapproving
  

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• noun a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)
  

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• adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
  deadpan; unexpressive; impassive; expressionless.
  
  • deadpan humor
  • his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read

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• noun a large fat human face
  pudding face.
  

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• noun a large fat human face
  pudding face.
  

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• adjective satellite having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog
  

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Pug"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.

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• verb contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
  make a face; grimace.
  
  • He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do

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Put"ty-faced` adjective

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1. White-faced; -- used contemptuously. Clarke.

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Quar"ry-faced` adjective

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1. (Stone Masonry) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

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• in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible.

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• noun a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
  

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• adjective satellite (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  crimson; flushed; reddened; red.
  
  • crimson with fury
  • turned red from exertion
  • with puffy reddened eyes
  • red-faced and violent
  • flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
• adjective satellite having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
  blushing; blushful.
  
  • the blushing boy was brought before the Principal
  • her blushful beau
  • was red-faced with anger

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• adjective satellite having a round face
  moon-faced.
  

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• adjective satellite having a face with a sad expression
  
  • the sad-faced clown

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• (Founding), facing consisting of pulverized bituminous coal.

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Sheep"-faced` adjective

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1. Over-bashful; sheepish.

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Smock"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.

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• adjective satellite lacking hair on the face
  beardless.
  
  • a smooth-faced boy of 14 years

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• noun a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
  revetment; revetement.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
  living stone; stoneface; lithops; stone plant; flowering stone; stone life face.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
  living stone; stoneface; lithops; stone plant; flowering stone; stone life face.
  

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• noun a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement
  

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• adjective satellite having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition
  
  • a sweet-faced child

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Tal"low-face` noun

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1. One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.

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Tal"low-faced` adjective

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1. Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.

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• to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. "That thinks with oaths to face the matter out." Shak

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• to put down by bold or impudent opposition. "He faced men down." Prior.

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• to meet any disagreeable necessity without flinching. Colloq. or Slang

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• to defy; to brave; to withstand.
• to insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition to; to resist.

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• to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7.

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• . (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.

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• to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.

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• to be propitious to; to be gracious to.

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• to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. Shak.

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• to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision.

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• to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it." Locke.

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• to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.

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• in front of; in behind; hence, in the presence of.

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• adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  double-dealing; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
  
  • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
  • a double-dealing double agent
  • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
• adjective satellite having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
  Janus-faced.
  
  • Janus the two-faced god

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• (Mach.), that part of the surface of a valve which comes in contact with the valve seat.

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• noun a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  about-face; policy change; reversal.
  
  • an about-face on foreign policy

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Wea"sel-faced` adjective

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1. Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.

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Whey"-faced` adjective

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1. Having a pale or white face, as from fright. "Whey-faced cavaliers." Aytoun.

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White"-face` noun

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1. A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.

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• noun North American hornet
  bald-faced hornet; Vespula maculata.
  

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Wiz"en-faced` adjective

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1. Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

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• noun a disdainful grimace
  pout; moue.
  

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• a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

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