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Facing

noun

1.

A lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening.

2.

An ornamental coating to a building. Synonym: veneer.

3.

A protective covering that protects the outside of a building. Synonym: cladding.

4.

Providing something with a surface of a different material. Synonym: lining.

Face

verb

(past & past part. faced; pres. part. facing)

1.

Deal with (something unpleasant) head on. Synonyms: confront, face up. "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

2.

Oppose, as in hostility or a competition. Synonym: confront. "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring" , "The two enemies finally confronted each other"

3.

Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to. Synonyms: front, look. "My backyard look onto the pond" , "The building faces the park"

4.

Be opposite. "The two sofas face each other"

5.

Turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.

6.

Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize. Synonyms: confront, present. "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions" , "An enormous dilemma faces us"

7.

Turn so as to expose the face.

8.

Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.

9.

Cover the front or surface of.

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"Facing" Quotes from Famous Books

... confidence. With the tide of humanity drifted Will Brent, whom business had brought from Kentucky to New York, but his thoughts were back there in the hills where the almost illiterate Diana, who knew nothing of life's nuances of refinement and who yet had all of life's allurements, was facing her ...

— A Pagan of the Hills • Charles Neville Buck

... and picked up a photograph of himself which stood there, a lad of fifteen or so, facing the world with grave, sensitive eyes, the Larry he had been when he came to the House on the Hill. He smiled at his uncle over ...

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... 10 P.M.—I am writing in bed in my lovely little room overlooking the garden, and facing some nice red roofs and both the old Towers of the town (one dating from le temps des Espagnols) in le Chateau, instead of in my attic in the narrow street where you heard the tramp of the men who viennent ...

— Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 • Anonymous

... are an American, too," said Larry, as the soldier came closer. Soon he stood facing them, with a look of wonder on his ...

— The Campaign of the Jungle - or, Under Lawton through Luzon • Edward Stratemeyer

... her in the rest of the household work. The meals came from a restaurant, and cost two francs a day. And thus she managed to keep within her allowance. I make these and the following statements on her own authority. As she found her woman's attire too expensive, little suited for facing mud and rain, and in other respects inconvenient, she provided herself with a coat (redingote-guerite), trousers, and waistcoat of coarse grey cloth, a hat of the same colour, a large necktie, and boots with little iron heels. This latter part of her outfit especially gave ...

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