Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

face down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: face -down
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of face-down.

adv

Alternative form of face-down.

verb

To confront; to abash by stern looks.

Transitive verb

verb

To persist in confronting impudently.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared."

Usage

Inflected Forms

faces down (present, singular) facing down (participle, present) faced down (participle, past) faced down (past)

Questions

What does face down mean?: Alternative form of face-down.

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