face
part of speech
noun (face, faces); verb (face, faces, faced, facing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your face is the front of your head with eyes, nose and mouth. tree →
2) A face is a flat side of a solid shape. A cube has 6 faces. tree →
3) A clock face is the front part with the numbers. tree →
4) To face is to look toward or turn toward something. tree →
5) To face a problem is to deal with it bravely. tree →
6) To make a face is to twist your face to show a feeling. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: flat sides of solids counted (a cube has 6, a square pyramid 5); a clock face for telling time; or a person's face; science: senses on the face; everyday life: wash your face, sun cream on your face; stories: a smiling face, face your fears; phrases: «face to face», «face up», «about face»
examples
- A cube has 6 faces. tree →
- How many faces does a pyramid have? tree →
- The clock face shows 3 o'clock. tree →
- She painted each face of the box. tree →
- Wash your face before bed. tree →
- Face the front, please. tree →
- He made a funny face. tree →
- She faced her fear and jumped in. tree →
- His face was long and earnest. tree →
note
Fixed counts for solids (cube 6). Trap: painting faces of a cube means 6 faces, not 4. A face is flat; an edge is where two faces meet.
In the corpora
- To help someone with poor hearing, face them and speak clearly, without shouting.
- Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.
- Good grown-ups face these with honesty and love.
- Comments about how someone's face or body looks turn into accusations; «you look well» is enough.
- A quote stuck on a picture of a famous face is very easy to fake; look for where the person really said it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «face» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.