Sekirov Dictionary

face-down

adjective 1
adverb 1
noun 1
face down verb 2
forms 4

adjective1

•
Having the face, front or surface positioned downward.
- the face-down cards in a game

adverb1

•
In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.
- She was sleeping face-down on the sofa.
- He placed the page face-down on the table so that we could not see its contents.

noun1

•
A confrontation.
- What Herzog makes abundantly clear, as he progresses through accounts of the 40 years of bloodshed that have led to the recent facedowns between American and Israeli allies, is […] — 1983

face down verb2

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To confront; to abash by stern looks.
- That old philosopher grew cross, / Who could not tell what motion was; / Because he walked against his will, / He faced men down, that he stood still. — 1718
(no longer used) To persist in confronting impudently.

forms

faced down · facing down · faces down · face-downs

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