Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Showing only half of the face: as, a half-face picture.
- noun In military tactics, a turning of the face 45° to the right or left, used in making oblique marches to the right or left.
- noun A raised floor or platform.
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Examples
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Chet looked a little more closely as half-face dug in her pocket.
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He immediately used it to yank off his half-face scuba mask, before he sucked in deep gasps of fresh clean air.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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Each tank was filled to the brim with a pale green liquid and encased in them, hovering in the liquid, arms and legs outstretched in humiliating star shapes, were men—naked men wearing half-face scuba breathing masks and plugged into IV and excretion tubes.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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He immediately used it to yank off his half-face scuba mask, before he sucked in deep gasps of fresh clean air.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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Dorn is a name chosen almost entirely for its sound, although back in the 1940s a screen actor named Philip Dorn had the kind of rugged yet dour look to him that I imagine Dorn's human half-face to possess.
Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010
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Each tank was filled to the brim with a pale green liquid and encased in them, hovering in the liquid, arms and legs outstretched in humiliating star shapes, were men—naked men wearing half-face scuba breathing masks and plugged into IV and excretion tubes.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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Each tank was filled to the brim with a pale green liquid and encased in them, hovering in the liquid, arms and legs outstretched in humiliating star shapes, were men—naked men wearing half-face scuba breathing masks and plugged into IV and excretion tubes.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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He immediately used it to yank off his half-face scuba mask, before he sucked in deep gasps of fresh clean air.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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The half-face thing is creepy, the music is creepy, his voice is creepy, and I HATE the way he says "President" - more like "Present".
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The half-face paralysis with distortion and spasms was for the rest of my life, and I could expect added complications as years multiplied.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009
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