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📖 Определения и значения для слова face

📒 the front part of the head, where the eyes, nose and mouth are

a pretty/pale/round face
He buried his face in his hands.
to hide/cover your face

📒 an expression that is shown on somebody’s face

a smiling/happy/sad face
Her face lit up (= showed happiness) when she spoke of the past.
His face fell (= showed disappointment, sadness, etc.) when he read the headlines.

📒 used to refer to a person of the type mentioned

She looked around for a familiar face.
He's a fresh face (= somebody new) at the company.
It's nice to see some new faces here this evening.

📒 having the type of face or expression mentioned

pale-faced
a freckle-faced boy
grim-faced

📒 a side or surface of something

the north face of the mountain
the dark face of the moon
A steep path zigzags down the cliff face.

📒 the front part of a clock or watch

a dial like the face of a clock

📒 the particular character of something

face of something the changing face of Britain
This discovery changed the whole face of science.
with a… face bureaucracy with a human face

📒 a particular aspect of something

Social deprivation is the unacceptable face of capitalism.
He has become the public face of the company.

📒 used to describe something that you have failed to see, even though it was obvious and should have been easy to see

The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late.

📒 to be certain to happen

Defeat was staring them in the face.

📒 to be unable to avoid something

They were staring defeat in the face.

📒 to be very obvious to other people from the expression on somebody’s face

Guilt was written all over his face.

📒 if a plan, etc. blows up in your face, it goes badly wrong in a way that causes you damage or makes you feel embarrassed

📒 to do something when you are angry that is meant to harm somebody else but that also harms you

📒 to disappear completely

Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.

📒 to try to do something as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success

You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.

📒 used to say that somebody will/will not get a particular job or position because they have/do not have the appearance, personality, etc. that the employer wants, even when this should not be important

If your face fits, you'll get the job.
It doesn't matter how well qualified you are; if your face doesn't fit, you don't stand a chance.

📒 somebody looks very angry

Mr Hibbs came in with a face like thunder.

📒 close to and looking at somebody

The two have never met face to face before.
The room fell silent as she came face to face with the man who had tried to kill her.

📒 in a situation where you have to accept that something is true and deal with it

She was at an early age brought face to face with the horrors of war.

📒 with your face and stomach facing upwards/downwards

She lay face down on the bed.

📒 with the front part or surface facing upwards/downwards

Place the card face up on the pile.
She placed the cards face down on the table.

📒 to fall so that you are lying on your front

📒 to fail completely, usually in an embarrassing way

His next television venture fell flat on its face.

📒 to eat a lot of food or too much food

📒 to oppose or be the opposite of something that is usual or expected

Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense.

📒 to do something that other people think is rude or shows a lack of respect, without feeling embarrassed or ashamed

I don't know how you have the face to complain after everything they've done for you!

📒 to be made to look stupid

They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.

📒 annoying somebody by criticizing them or telling them what to do all the time

Why are you always in my face?

📒 despite problems, difficulties, etc.

She showed great courage in the face of danger.
The campaign continued in the face of great opposition.

📒 as a result of something

He was unable to deny the charges in the face of new evidence.

📒 to show in a very obvious way that you have no respect for somebody

📒 to be forced to change from feeling pleased or satisfied to feeling disappointed or annoyed

He’ll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads my letter.

📒 (to have) an unhappy or disappointed expression

He took one look at her long face and said ‘What’s wrong?’
The news for the company isn't good, judging from the long faces in the boardroom.

📒 to look straight at somebody without feeling embarrassed or ashamed

Can you look me in the eye and tell me you're not lying?
She looked her father straight in the eye and answered his question truthfully.
I'll never be able to look her in the face again!

📒 to be less respected or look stupid because of something you have done

Many leaders don't want to lose face by admitting failures.

📒 the state of being less respected by other people or looking stupid because of something you have done

Failure to pass the exams means a massive loss of face for the students and their parents.

📒 used to emphasize that you have particular skills or qualities

‘I didn't know you could play the piano.’ ‘I'm not just a pretty face, you know!’

📒 used to say that something seems to be good, true, etc. but that this opinion may need to be changed when you know more about it

On the face of it, it seems like a great deal.
What may, on the face of it, seem obvious often turns out to be far more complicated.

📒 very obvious

📒 to produce an expression on your face to show that you do not like somebody/something or in order to make somebody laugh

What are you pulling a face at now?
Do you think it’s funny to make faces behind my back?
She made a disgusted face at that and walked away.

📒 to put on make-up

📒 to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not

I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried.
She put a brave face on her illness.

📒 to avoid or help somebody avoid being embarrassed

She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.

📒 to be determined to oppose somebody/something

Her father had set his face against the marriage.

📒 to appear among your friends or in public

She stayed at home, afraid to show her face.

📒 to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in

📒 to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way

📒 a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet or stop talking

📒 an action that seems to be intended as a deliberate way of offending and showing lack of respect for somebody

The closure of the school is a slap in the face to the local community.

📒 if you keep a straight face, you do not laugh or smile, although you find something funny

📒 if you say something to somebody’s face, you say it to them directly rather than to other people

He’s a liar, and I’ve told him so to his face many times.

📒 used to refer to a person whose name you cannot remember

Are you still working for what's her face?

📒 to destroy or remove somebody/something completely

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