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HUMAN FACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
Example:
I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news
Synonyms:
face; human face
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("human face" is a kind of...):
external body part (any body part visible externally)
Meronyms (parts of "human face"):
jaw (the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth)
jowl (a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging))
cheek (either side of the face below the eyes)
brow; forehead (the part of the face above the eyes)
facial muscle (any of the skeletal muscles of the face)
feature; lineament (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin)
chin; mentum (the protruding part of the lower jaw)
nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)
facial; facial nerve; nervus facialis; seventh cranial nerve (cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles)
facial vein; vena facialis (any of several veins draining the face)
brow; eyebrow; supercilium (the arch of hair above each eye)
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
mouth (the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening)
beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human face"):
countenance; kisser; mug; phiz; physiognomy; smiler; visage (the human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British))
Holonyms ("human face" is a part of...):
homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)
