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FACED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
Example:
a neatly faced terrace
Classified under:
Similar:
baby-faced (having a youthful-looking face)
bald-faced ((of animals) having white markings on the face)
featured (having facial features as specified; usually used in combination)
Janus-faced; two-faced (having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past)
long-faced (having a face longer than the usual)
moon-faced; round-faced (having a round face)
pale-faced (having a pale face)
pug-faced (having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog)
sad-faced (having a face with a sad expression)
sweet-faced (having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition)
visaged (having a face or visage as specified)
Antonym:
faceless (without a face or identity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb face
Context examples:
We know very little about how specific neuron types contribute to social cognition and to the social challenges faced by individuals with autism.
(‘Mindreading’ neurons simulate decisions of social partners, University of Cambridge)
Finally, the researchers found that older adults in the no-exercise control groups in the studies faced declines in cognitive function.
(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Unscathed they fought their way to the door of the keep, and faced round upon the swarming mob, while the squire thrust the great key into the lock.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So I gave him my word that I would come, and then all the rest of the day I went about the most sad-faced lad in Sussex.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The man whom he called Morgan—an old, grey-haired, mahogany-faced sailor—came forward pretty sheepishly, rolling his quid.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For most people with cancer, living with the disease is the biggest challenge they have ever faced.
(Cancer--Living with Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Studies of ancient DNA from tropical birds have faced two formidable obstacles.
(Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave, National Science Foundation)
Caulfield Gardens was one of those lines of flat-faced pillared, and porticoed houses which are so prominent a product of the middle Victorian epoch in the West End of London.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman opened the door.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He took the hand which I dared not withhold, and having given it a damp squeeze, referred to his pale-faced watch.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
