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--- Overview of noun face_

The noun face has 13 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
                    
1. (193) face, human face ::: (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news")
2. (23) expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face ::: (the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face")
3. (22) face ::: (the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing")
4. (4) face ::: (the striking or working surface of an implement)
5. (2) face ::: (a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces")
6. (1) side, face ::: (a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf")
7. (1) face ::: (the part of an animal corresponding to the human face)
8. (1) face ::: (the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down")
9. grimace, face ::: (a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect")
10. font, fount, typeface, face, case ::: (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
11. face ::: (status in the eyes of others; "he lost face")
12. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek ::: (impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty")
13. face ::: (a vertical surface of a building or cliff)

--- Overview of verb face_

The verb face has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
                    
1. (56) confront, face up, face ::: (deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes")
2. (33) confront, face ::: (oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other")
3. (14) front, look, face ::: (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park")
4. (4) face ::: (be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other")
5. (4) face ::: (turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now")
6. (3) confront, face, present ::: (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us")
7. face ::: (turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card")
8. face ::: (line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket")
9. face ::: (cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones")


--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun face_

13 senses of face                          

Sense 1
face, human face
   => external body part
     => body part
       => part, piece
         => thing
           => physical entity
             => entity

Sense 2
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
   => countenance, visage
     => appearance, visual aspect
       => quality
         => attribute
           => abstraction, abstract entity
             => entity

Sense 3
face
   => appearance, visual aspect
     => quality
       => attribute
         => abstraction, abstract entity
           => entity

Sense 4
face
   => surface
     => artifact, artefact
       => whole, unit
         => object, physical object
           => physical entity
             => entity

Sense 5
face
   => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
     => organism, being
       => living thing, animate thing
         => whole, unit
           => object, physical object
             => physical entity
               => entity
     => causal agent, cause, causal agency
       => physical entity
         => entity

Sense 6
side, face
   => surface
     => boundary, bound, bounds
       => extremity
         => region, part
           => location
             => object, physical object
               => physical entity
                 => entity

Sense 7
face
   => external body part
     => body part
       => part, piece
         => thing
           => physical entity
             => entity

Sense 8
face
   => front
     => side
       => surface
         => artifact, artefact
           => whole, unit
             => object, physical object
               => physical entity
                 => entity

Sense 9
grimace, face
   => facial expression, facial gesture
     => gesture, motion
       => visual communication
         => communication
           => abstraction, abstract entity
             => entity

Sense 10
font, fount, typeface, face, case
   => type
     => character, grapheme, graphic symbol
       => written symbol, printed symbol
         => symbol
           => signal, signaling, sign
             => communication
               => abstraction, abstract entity
                 => entity

Sense 11
face
   => status, position
     => state
       => attribute
         => abstraction, abstract entity
           => entity

Sense 12
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
   => aggressiveness
     => drive
       => trait
         => attribute
           => abstraction, abstract entity
             => entity

Sense 13
face
   => vertical surface
     => surface
       => artifact, artefact
         => whole, unit
           => object, physical object
             => physical entity
               => entity


--- Hyponyms of noun face_

9 of 13 senses of face                        

Sense 1
face, human face
   => countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug

Sense 2
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
   => leer
   => sparkle, twinkle, spark, light

Sense 6
side, face
   => beam-ends
   => bottom, underside, undersurface
   => front, front end, forepart
   => lee, lee side, leeward
   => windward
   => rear, backside, back end
   => top, top side, upper side, upside

Sense 7
face
   => muzzle

Sense 8
face
   => clock face, clock dial
   => dial

Sense 9
grimace, face
   => pout, moue, wry face

Sense 10
font, fount, typeface, face, case
   => unicameral script
   => bicameral script
   => typewriter font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font
   => proportional font
   => font cartridge, cartridge font
   => Gothic, black letter
   => boldface, bold face, bold
   => italic
   => screen font, raster font
   => sans serif, Helvetica

Sense 12
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
   => audacity, audaciousness

Sense 13
face
   => perpendicular
   => coalface


--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun face_

13 senses of face                          

Sense 1
face, human face
   => external body part

Sense 2
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
   => countenance, visage

Sense 3
face
   => appearance, visual aspect

Sense 4
face
   => surface

Sense 5
face
   => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Sense 6
side, face
   => surface

Sense 7
face
   => external body part

Sense 8
face
   => front

Sense 9
grimace, face
   => facial expression, facial gesture

Sense 10
font, fount, typeface, face, case
   => type

Sense 11
face
   => status, position

Sense 12
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
   => aggressiveness

Sense 13
face
   => vertical surface




--- Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun face_

13 senses of face                          

Sense 1
face, human face
  -> external body part
   => breast
   => throat
   => hood
   => arthromere
   => lip
   => labium
   => head, caput
   => neck, cervix
   => frill, ruff
   => breast, chest
   => extremity, appendage, member
   => extremity
   => face, human face
   => face

Sense 2
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
  -> countenance, visage
   => expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
   => poker face

Sense 3
face
  -> appearance, visual aspect
   => agerasia
   => look
   => view
   => color, colour
   => complexion
   => impression, effect
   => perspective, linear perspective
   => phase
   => vanishing point
   => superficies
   => format
   => form, shape, cast
   => persona, image
   => semblance, gloss, color, colour
   => face
   => countenance, visage
   => hairiness, pilosity
   => hairlessness
   => beauty
   => ugliness
   => disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
   => homeliness, plainness
   => blemish, defect, mar
   => stain, discoloration, discolouration
   => plainness
   => ornateness, elaborateness
   => decorativeness
   => etiolation
   => sleekness

Sense 4
face
  -> surface
   => bed
   => board, gameboard
   => face
   => ground
   => horizontal surface, level
   => Klein bottle
   => meniscus
   => miter, mitre
   => Mobius strip
   => plaster, plasterwork
   => screen, silver screen, projection screen
   => side
   => skin
   => spandrel, spandril
   => superficies
   => tread
   => vertical surface
   => work surface

Sense 5
face
  -> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
   => self
   => adult, grownup
   => adventurer, venturer
   => anomaly, unusual person
   => applicant, applier
   => appointee, appointment
   => capitalist
   => captor, capturer
   => changer, modifier
   => color-blind person
   => commoner, common man, common person
   => communicator
   => contestant
   => coward
   => creator
   => disputant, controversialist, eristic
   => engineer, applied scientist, technologist
   => entertainer
   => experimenter
   => expert
   => face
   => female, female person
   => individualist
   => inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
   => native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
   => native
   => innocent, inexperienced person
   => intellectual, intellect
   => juvenile, juvenile person
   => lover
   => loved one
   => leader
   => male, male person
   => money handler, money dealer
   => national, subject
   => nonreligious person
   => nonworker
   => peer, equal, match, compeer
   => perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
   => percher
   => precursor, forerunner
   => primitive, primitive person
   => religious person
   => sensualist
   => traveler, traveller
   => unfortunate, unfortunate person
   => unwelcome person, persona non grata
   => unskilled person
   => worker
   => African
   => person of color, person of colour
   => Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
   => White, White person, Caucasian
   => Amerindian, Native American
   => Slav
   => gentile
   => Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
   => Aries, Ram
   => Taurus, Bull
   => Gemini, Twin
   => Cancer, Crab
   => Leo, Lion
   => Virgo, Virgin
   => Libra, Balance
   => Scorpio, Scorpion
   => Sagittarius, Archer
   => Capricorn, Goat
   => Aquarius, Water Bearer
   => Pisces, Fish
   => abator
   => abjurer
   => abomination
   => abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
   => achiever, winner, success, succeeder
   => acquaintance, friend
   => acquirer
   => active
   => actor, doer, worker
   => adjudicator
   => admirer
   => adoptee
   => adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
   => advisee
   => advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
   => affiant
   => agnostic, doubter
   => amateur
   => ancient
   => anti
   => anti-American
   => apprehender
   => appreciator
   => archaist
   => arrogator
   => assessee
   => asthmatic
   => authority
   => autodidact
   => baby boomer, boomer
   => baby buster, buster
   => bad guy
   => bad person
   => baldhead, baldpate, baldy
   => balker, baulker, noncompliant
   => bullfighter, toreador
   => bather
   => beard
   => bedfellow
   => bereaved, bereaved person
   => best, topper
   => birth
   => biter
   => blogger
   => blond, blonde
   => bluecoat
   => bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
   => bomber
   => brunet, brunette
   => buster
   => candidate, prospect
   => case
   => cashier
   => celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
   => censor
   => chameleon
   => charmer, beguiler
   => child, baby
   => chutzpanik
   => closer
   => clumsy person
   => collector, aggregator
   => combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
   => complexifier
   => compulsive
   => computer user
   => contemplative
   => convert
   => copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
   => counter
   => counterterrorist
   => crawler, creeper
   => creature, wight
   => creditor
   => cripple
   => dancer, social dancer
   => dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
   => deaf person
   => debaser, degrader
   => debtor, debitor
   => defecator, voider, shitter
   => delayer
   => deliverer
   => demander
   => dieter
   => differentiator, discriminator
   => disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
   => dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
   => divider
   => domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
   => double, image, look-alike
   => dresser
   => dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
   => drug user, substance abuser, user
   => dyslectic
   => ectomorph
   => effecter, effector
   => Elizabethan
   => emotional person
   => endomorph
   => enjoyer
   => enrollee
   => ethnic
   => explorer, adventurer
   => extrovert, extravert
   => faddist
   => faller
   => fastener
   => fiduciary
   => first-rater
   => follower
   => free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
   => friend
   => fugitive, runaway, fleer
   => gainer
   => gainer, weight gainer
   => gambler
   => gatekeeper
   => gatherer
   => good guy
   => good person
   => granter
   => greeter, saluter, welcomer
   => grinner
   => groaner
   => grunter
   => guesser
   => handicapped person
   => hater
   => heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
   => homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
   => homunculus
   => hope
   => hoper
   => huddler
   => hugger
   => immune
   => insured, insured person
   => interpreter
   => introvert
   => Jat
   => jewel, gem
   => jumper
   => junior
   => killer, slayer
   => relative, relation
   => kink
   => kneeler
   => knocker
   => knower, apprehender
   => large person
   => Latin
   => laugher
   => learner, scholar, assimilator
   => left-hander, lefty, southpaw
   => life
   => lightning rod
   => linguist, polyglot
   => literate, literate person
   => liver
   => longer, thirster, yearner
   => loose cannon
   => machine
   => mailer
   => malcontent
   => man
   => manipulator
   => man jack
   => married
   => masturbator, onanist
   => measurer
   => nonmember
   => mesomorph
   => mestizo, ladino
   => middlebrow
   => miracle man, miracle worker
   => misogamist
   => mixed-blood
   => modern
   => monolingual
   => mother hen
   => mouse
   => mutilator, maimer, mangler
   => namer
   => namesake
   => neglecter
   => neighbor, neighbour
   => neutral
   => nondescript
   => nonparticipant
   => nonpartisan, nonpartizan
   => nonperson, unperson
   => nonresident
   => nonsmoker
   => nude, nude person
   => nurser
   => occultist
   => optimist
   => orphan
   => ostrich
   => ouster, ejector
   => outcaste
   => outdoorsman
   => owner, possessor
   => pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
   => pansexual
   => pardoner, forgiver, excuser
   => partner
   => party
   => passer
   => personage
   => personification
   => perspirer, sweater
   => philosopher
   => picker, chooser, selector
   => pisser, urinator
   => planner, contriver, deviser
   => player
   => posturer
   => powderer
   => preserver
   => propositus
   => public relations person
   => pursuer
   => pussycat
   => quarter
   => quitter
   => radical
   => realist
   => rectifier
   => redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
   => registrant
   => reliever, allayer, comforter
   => repeater
   => rescuer, recoverer, saver
   => rester
   => restrainer, controller
   => revenant
   => rich person, wealthy person, have
   => right-hander, right hander, righthander
   => riser
   => romper
   => roundhead
   => ruler, swayer
   => rusher
   => scientist
   => scratcher
   => second-rater, mediocrity
   => seeder, cloud seeder
   => seeker, searcher, quester
   => segregate
   => sentimentalist, romanticist
   => sex object
   => sex symbol
   => shaker, mover and shaker
   => showman
   => signer, signatory
   => simpleton, simple
   => six-footer
   => skidder, slider, slipper
   => slave
   => slave
   => sleepyhead
   => sloucher
   => small person
   => smasher
   => smiler
   => sneezer
   => sniffer
   => sniffler, sniveler
   => snuffer
   => snuffler
   => socializer, socialiser
   => sort
   => sounding board
   => sphinx
   => spitter, expectorator
   => sport
   => sprawler
   => spurner
   => squinter, squint-eye
   => stifler, smotherer
   => stigmatic, stigmatist
   => stooper
   => stranger
   => struggler
   => subject, case, guinea pig
   => supernumerary
   => surrenderer, yielder
   => survivalist
   => survivor
   => suspect
   => tagger
   => tagger
   => tapper
   => tempter
   => termer
   => terror, scourge, threat
   => testator, testate
   => thin person, skin and bones, scrag
   => third-rater
   => thrower
   => tiger
   => totemist
   => toucher
   => transfer, transferee
   => transsexual, transexual
   => transvestite, cross-dresser
   => trier, attempter, essayer
   => turner
   => tyrant
   => undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
   => user
   => vanisher
   => victim, dupe
   => Victorian
   => visionary
   => visually impaired person
   => waiter
   => waker
   => walk-in
   => wanter, needer
   => ward
   => warrior
   => watcher
   => weakling, doormat, wuss
   => weasel
   => wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
   => winker
   => withholder
   => witness
   => worldling
   => yawner

Sense 6
side, face
  -> surface
   => interface
   => hard palate
   => palate, roof of the mouth
   => side, face
   => celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin
   => end
   => inside, interior
   => outside, exterior
   => substrate, substratum
   => wave front, wavefront
   => photosphere

Sense 7
face
  -> external body part
   => breast
   => throat
   => hood
   => arthromere
   => lip
   => labium
   => head, caput
   => neck, cervix
   => frill, ruff
   => breast, chest
   => extremity, appendage, member
   => extremity
   => face, human face
   => face

Sense 8
face
  -> front
   => bow, fore, prow, stem
   => facade, frontage, frontal
   => face
   => frontispiece
   => nose
   => nose
   => nose cone, ogive
   => shirtfront
   => shopfront, storefront

Sense 9
grimace, face
  -> facial expression, facial gesture
   => emoticon
   => gape
   => grimace, face
   => frown, scowl
   => smile, smiling, grin, grinning
   => laugh
   => snarl
   => straight face
   => wink
   => wince

Sense 10
font, fount, typeface, face, case
  -> type
   => type family
   => font, fount, typeface, face, case

Sense 11
face
  -> status, position
   => face
   => election
   => equality, equivalence, equation, par
   => social station, social status, social rank, rank
   => standing
   => high status
   => high ground
   => high profile
   => Holy Order, Order
   => low status, lowness, lowliness
   => legal status
   => bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
   => left-handedness
   => command
   => nationality
   => footing, terms
   => retirement
   => rank
   => caste
   => dignity
   => nobility, noblesse
   => ordination
   => pedestal
   => leadership
   => slot
   => toehold

Sense 12
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
  -> aggressiveness
   => competitiveness, fight
   => combativeness, militance, militancy
   => intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousness
   => boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek

Sense 13
face
  -> vertical surface
   => face




--- Grep of noun face_
face angle
face card
face cloth
face cream
face fungus
face guard
face lift
face lifting
face mask
face pack
face powder
face recognition
face saver
face saving
face soap
face time
face towel
face value
face veil

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powers -- Aspiration - Beauty - Concentration - Effort - Faith - Force - Grace - inspiration - Presence - Purity - Sincerity - surrender
difficulties -- cowardice - depres. - distract. - distress - dryness - evil - fear - forget - habits - impulse - incapacity - irritation - lost - mistakes - obscur. - problem - resist - sadness - self-deception - shame - sin - suffering
practices -- Lucid Dreaming - meditation - project - programming - Prayer - read Savitri - study
subjects -- CS - Cybernetics - Game Dev - Integral Theory - Integral Yoga - Kabbalah - Language - Philosophy - Poetry - Zen
6.01 books -- KC - ABA - Null - Savitri - SA O TAOC - SICP - The Gospel of SRK - TIC - The Library of Babel - TLD - TSOY - TTYODAS - TSZ - WOTM II
8 unsorted / add here -- Always - Everyday - Verbs