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  1. noun The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
  2. noun A person: We saw many new faces on the first day of classes.
  3. noun A person's countenance: a happy face.
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  • Carlotto has also applied fractal analysis to photographs of the face, the results of which, he says, indicate the face is anomalous. —  Omni: August 1994
  • In this World of Warcraft you don't have a face, your face is a texture-covered shape with oddly sharp edges (yeah, poor graphics, man), you don't have an age, you can say you're 40 when actually you're 14. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • And my face -- my doctor said my face was my airbag, OK? —  WCAX - Local News
  • If the smile heightens the charm of the face, then the face is a beautiful one. —  Childhood
  • If the smile does not alter the face, then the face is an ordinary one. —  Childhood
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eye ·  voice ·  heart ·  mouth ·  figure ·  side ·  shoulder ·  light ·  hair ·  feature ·  way

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face:   facing ·  faced ·  faces
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faciēs; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English face, rarely faas, faz, from Old French face, French face = Provencal fatz = Spanish faz, haz = Portuguese face = Italian faccia, from Latin facies, the face, visage, countenance, look, appearance, form, etc.; prob. connected with fax (fac-), a torch, facetus, elegant, polite, witty (see facete, etc.), focus, a hearth (see focus, etc.), from √ *fac, *fa = Greek √ *φα = Sanskrit √ bhā, shine: see fable, fame, fate, etc.
  2. from Middle English facen; from face, n.
  3. Middle English facen, by apheresis from defacen: see deface.
 

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