'Facing' definitions:
Definition of 'facing'
From: WordNet
noun
A lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
noun
An ornamental coating to a building [syn: facing, veneer]
noun
A protective covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: facing, cladding]
noun
Providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing]
Definition of 'Facing'
From: GCIDE
- Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faced; p. pr. & vb. n. Facing.]
- 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle. [1913 Webster]
- I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To Confront impudently; to bully. [1913 Webster]
- I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park; some of the seats on the train faced backward. [1913 Webster]
- He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Mach.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. [1913 Webster]
- To face down, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. "He faced men down." --Prior.
- To face (a thing) out, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. "That thinks with oaths to face the matter out." --Shak.
- to face the music to admit error and accept reprimand or punishment as a consequence for having failed or having done something wrong; to willingly experience an unpleasant situation out of a sense of duty or obligation; as, as soon as he broke the window with the football, Billy knew he would have to face the music. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Facing'
From: GCIDE
- Facing \Fa"cing\, n.
- 1. A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc., to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Founding) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, etc., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mil.) (a) pl. The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat. (b) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl. [1913 Webster]
- Facing brick, front or pressed brick. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'facing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- across,
- against,
- antipodal,
- antithetic,
- bush,
- bushing,
- coat,
- coating,
- confronting,
- contra,
- contrapositive,
- converse,
- doubling,
- doublure,
- enamel,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- facade,
- filler,
- filling,
- film,
- forward,
- forwards,
- front,
- fronting,
- frontward,
- frontwards,
- fur,
- headward,
- headwards,
- in front of,
- in opposition to,
- inlay,
- inlayer,
- insole,
- interlineation,
- inverse,
- lacquer,
- liner,
- lining,
- obverse,
- onward,
- onwards,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- opposite to,
- over,
- over against,
- overlay,
- packing,
- padding,
- paint,
- pellicle,
- polar,
- polaric,
- polarized,
- reverse,
- revetment,
- scale,
- scum,
- skin,
- stuffing,
- surface,
- toward,
- vanward,
- varnish,
- veneer,
- versus,
- vis-a-vis,
- wadding,
- wainscot
Words containing 'Facing'
- Face,
- Face of a,
- Face to face,
- Faced,
- Facingly,
- To face down,
- To the face,
- about face,
- face down,
- face off,
- face up,
- face up to,
- on the face of it,
- face-to-face,
- A straight face,
- Cylinder face,
- Face ague,
- Face card,
- Face cloth,
- Face guard,
- Face hammer,
- Face joint,
- Face mite,
- Face mold,
- Face of a bastion,
- Face of a gun,
- Face of a place,
- Face of a square,
- Face of an anvil,
- Face of coal,
- Face plate,
- Face wheel,
- Facing brick,
- Fleeten face,
- Hippocratic face,
- Moon face,
- Quarter face,
- To face a thing out,
- To face the music,
- To fly in the face of,
- To hide the face,
- To hide the face from,
- To look in the face,
- To make a face,
- To make up a face,
- To stare in the face,
- Valve face,
- Wry face,
- about-face,
- blue in the face,
- bold face,
- bold faced,
- clock face,
- face angle,
- face cream,
- face fungus,
- face lift,
- face lifting,
- face mask,
- face pack,
- face powder,
- face recognition,
- face saver,
- face saving,
- face soap,
- face the music,
- face time,
- face towel,
- face value,
- face veil,
- face-off,
- facing pages,
- false face,
- fly in the face of,
- hatchet face,
- human face,
- in-your-face,
- long face,
- long faced,
- make a face,
- poker face,
- poker faced,
- pudding face,
- pull a face,
- red faced,
- slap in the face,
- stone faced,
- stone facing,
- straight face,
- straight faced,
- suck face,
- two faced,
- volte face,
- Bald-faced,
- Bell-faced,
- Black-faced,
- Bold-faced,
- Chub-faced,
- Copper-faced,
- Cream-faced,
- Dog-faced,
- Double-faced,
- Dough-faced,
- False-faced,
- Fiber-faced,
- Fibre-faced,
- Glass-faced,
- Half-faced,
- Janus-faced,
- Lean-faced,
- Moon-faced,
- Mulberry-faced,
- Pitch-faced,
- Platter-faced,
- Pug-faced,
- Putty-faced,
- Quarry-faced,
- Sheep-faced,
- Smock-faced,
- Tallow-face,
- Tallow-faced,
- To straighten one's face,
- Weasel-faced,
- Whey-faced,
- White-face,
- Wizen-faced,
- automatic face recognition,
- baby-faced,
- brazen-faced,
- dirty-faced,
- face-harden,
- face-lift,
- face-saving,
- full-face,
- hatchet-faced,
- long-faced,
- pale-faced,
- po-faced,
- poker-faced,
- pudding-face,
- rain-in-the-face,
- red-faced,
- right-about-face,
- round-faced,
- sad-faced,
- smooth-faced,
- stone life face,
- stone-face,
- sweet-faced,
- two-faced,
- volte-face,
- Bald-faced widgeon,
- Dog-faced baboon,
- Janus-faced lock,
- Sea-coal facing,
- To cause the face to shine upon,
- To make the face to shine upon,
- bald-faced hornet,
- black-faced crow,
- open-face sandwich,
- open-faced watch,
- white-faced hornet,
- face-amount certificate company