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say it: fays
face is a noun and verb meaning "the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear". It carries 22 recorded senses.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
“he washed his face”
“I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news”
the feelings expressed on a person's face
“a sad expression”
“a look of triumph”
“an angry face”
the striking or working surface of an implement
a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
“he looked out at a roomful of faces”
“when he returned to work he met many new faces”
synecdoche
the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
“he dealt the cards face down”
a contorted facial expression
“she made a grimace at the prospect”
a specific size and style of type within a type family
a vertical surface of a building or cliff
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
“You must confront your opponent”
“Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring”
“The two enemies finally confronted each other”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for face come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.