faces
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
An inflected form of face · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 958 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,183 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear also: human face he washed his faceI wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news
- the feelings expressed on a person's face also: expression, look, aspect, facial expression a sad expressiona look of triumph
- the general outward appearance of something the face of the city is changing
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person he looked out at a roomful of faceswhen he returned to work he met many new faces
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object also: side he examined all sides of the crystaldew dripped from the face of the leaf
faces in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They went into a field, sat down, and the two pulled long faces.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The three little girls lay huddled under one old quilt, their faces pale and sunken.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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The two inmates of the car were insensible; their faces were bloodless, their cheeks sunken.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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One looks at the smooth faces of boys of twenty and wonders what the sculptor Life is going to make of them.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1