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faced adjective [ feɪst ]

• having a face or expression of a specified kind.
• "a pimply-faced teenager"
• having a surface or front of a specified kind.
• "a heavy, square-faced hammer"
• (of a piece of stone or other material) having a smoothed or polished surface.
• "walls and pillars had faced stone on the outer surfaces"
• (of a playing card) turned face up.
• "he gets the faced card as his first card"

face verb

• be positioned with the face or front towards (someone or something).
• "he turned to face her"
Similar: look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to),
Opposite: back on to,
• confront and deal with or accept a difficult or unpleasant task, fact, or situation.
• "honesty forced her to face facts"
Similar: accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, learn to live with, cope with, deal with, come to terms with, get to grips with, become resigned to, make the best of, confront, meet head-on, brave, face up to, encounter, meet, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand,
Opposite: dodge, succumb to,
• cover the surface of (something) with a layer of a different material.
• "the external basement walls were faced with granite slabs"
Similar: cover, clad, veneer, skin, overlay, surface, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin facies ‘form, appearance, face’.


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