Usually means: Front part of the head.
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General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. face: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. face: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. face: Collins English Dictionary
  5. face: Vocabulary.com
  6. Face, face: Wordnik
  7. face: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Face, Face: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. face: Wiktionary
  10. face: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. face: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. face: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. face: Dictionary.com
  14. face (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. face: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Face: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. face: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. face: Rhymezone
  20. face, face (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. face: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Face: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. FACE: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  24. Face, Face: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. face: Free Dictionary
  26. face: Mnemonic Dictionary
  27. face: Dictionary/thesaurus
  28. face: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. face: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  3. face-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. face: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Face: Corporate Apparel Glossary
  4. face: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Face: Game Dictionary
  2. face: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Face: Merck Manuals
  4. Face: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Face: Anatomy of the Human Body
  7. Face: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  8. face: Medical dictionary
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. FACE: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. face: Idioms
  5. Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Face: Easton Bible

Science (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. face: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Face: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  4. Mathematical Programming (No longer online)
  5. face, face: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  6. FACE: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
  7. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Face: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. face, face, face: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. F.A.C.E, FACE, The Face, face: Urban Dictionary

Sports (6 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)
  5. face: Golfer's Dictionary
  6. Face: Sports Definitions

Tech (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. FACE: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. Book Binding (No longer online)
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  7. FACE: Mining Terms used in mid 1800's
  8. FACE: NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY
  9. FACE: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  10. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  11. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  12. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  13. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  14. Face: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
  15. Face: Dictionary of Military Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
noun:  (informal or slang)
noun:  One's facial expression.
noun:  (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
noun:  (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
noun:  (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
noun:  (slang) The mouth.
noun:  (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
noun:  (figurative)
noun:  Public image; outward appearance.
noun:  Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
noun:  Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
noun:  An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
noun:  (figurative) Presence; sight; front.
noun:  (metonymically) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
noun:  (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
noun:  The frontal aspect of something.
noun:  The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
noun:  The directed force of something.
noun:  Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
noun:  (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
noun:  (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
noun:  (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
noun:  (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
noun:  (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
noun:  (video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
noun:  (mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
noun:  (mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
noun:  (typography) A typeface.
noun:  A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
verb:  (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
verb:  (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
verb:  (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
verb:  (transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
verb:  (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
verb:  (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
verb:  (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
verb:  (transitive) To have as an opponent.
verb:  (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
verb:  (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
verb:  (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
verb:  To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
verb:  (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
verb:  (transitive, retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.

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