Crossword clues for facing
facing
- Veneer
- Oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- Be opposite
- An ornamental coating to a building
- A protective covering that protects the outside of a building
- The act of confronting bravely
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faced; p. pr. & vb. n. Facing.]
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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.
I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
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To Confront impudently; to bully.
I will neither be facednor braved.
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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.
He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland.
--Milton. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
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.
(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.
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To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
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.
Facing \Fa"cing\, n.
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.
A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.
(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.
(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.
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(Mil.)
pl. The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.
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The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.
Facing brick, front or pressed brick.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"defiance," 1520s, verbal noun from face (v.). Meaning "action of turning the face toward" is from 1540s; that of "covering in front of a garment" is from 1560s; that of "a coating" is from 1580s; that of "front or outer part of a wall, building, etc.," is from 1823. Earliest use is as "disfiguring, defacing" (c.1400).
1560s, "audacious," present participle adjective from face (v.). From 1849 as "that is opposite to."
Wiktionary
(context rail transport of points and crossovers English) diverge in the direction of travel. n. 1 The most external portion of exterior siding. 2 (context sewing English) fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. 3 (context metalworking English) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. 4 (context military in the plural English) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat. 5 (context military mostly plural English) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about. v
(present participle of face English)
WordNet
n. a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
an ornamental coating to a building [syn: veneer]
a protective covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: cladding]
providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining]
the act of confronting bravely; "he hated facing the facts"; "he excelled in the face of danger" [syn: face]
Wikipedia
Facing (also known as blocking, zoning, straightening, rumbling, or conditioning) is a common tool in the retail industry to create the look of a perfectly stocked store (even when it is not) by pulling all of the products on a display or shelf to the front, as well as down stacking all the canned and stacked items. It is also done to keep the store appearing neat and organized.
The workers who perform this task normally have jobs doing other things in the store such as customer service, stocking shelves, daytime cleaning, bagging and carry outs (in grocery stores), etc. In some stores, however, facing is done only by the stockers. Facing is generally done near closing time when there are fewer customers and also while the store is completely closed. In busier stores it may be done constantly.
In department stores it may be referred to as recovery, as in the store is recovering from the rush of customers that affect the model appearance the store wants to portray. Merchandise may be put in the wrong area, or customers may leave debris on the floor. Correcting these issues is a part of the recovery process.
Facings also refer to the amount of shelf space a particular product is given. A lot of facing generally increases sales of a particular product, therefore manufacturers often pay more money to get more facings for their products. This can lead to situations in which the largest manufacturers end up with the most shelf space because they have the greatest ability to pay.
Facing may refer to:
- Facing (machining), a turning operation often carried out on a lathe
- Facing (retail), a common tool in the retail industry to create the look of a perfectly stocked store
- Facing (sewing), fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside
In machining, facing is the act of cutting a face, which is a planar surface, onto the workpiece. Within this broadest sense there are various specific types of facing, with the two most common being facing in the course of turning and boring work (facing planes perpendicular to the rotating axis of the workpiece) and facing in the course of milling work (for example, face milling). Other types of machining also cut faces (for example, planing, shaping, and grinding), although the term "facing" may not always be employed there.
Spotfacing is the facing of spots (localized areas), such as the bearing surfaces on which bolt heads or washers will sit.
In sewing and tailoring, facing is a small piece of fabric, separate or a part of the fabric itself, used to finish the fabric edges. Facing makes your garment look professionally finished with the seams well hidden inside the folds of the facing. Facing is mostly used to finish the edges in necklines, armholes, hems and openings.They are also used widely in all other sewing like quilts and home decor items like curtain hems.
There are basically three types of facing. 1. Shaped facing 2. Extended facing 3. Bias facing
Shaped facings are cut to match the outside shape of the piece to provide a neat finish, and are often cut from the same pattern pieces. Shaped facings are typically made of the same fabric as the garment, but may also be made of lighter-weight fabric or in a contrasting color as a design element. Extended facings are extensions of the garment fabric, folded back and usually stabilized. Bias facings are strips of lightweight fabric cut on the true bias (US) or cross-grain (UK), and shaped rather than cut to match the edge to which they are applied. After sewing the facing, you have to under stitch. Under stitching refers to stitching close to the seam line, catching hold of the facing and the seam allowance. This is done so that the facing lies inside the garment without rolling to the outside. Facing is also used as a decoration by applying it from the inside and turning it to the outside of a garment, along with embroidering and other embellishments on it. An all-in-one facing is used to finish the armhole and neckline of a garment together, all at once. Interfacing, grading and clipping the seams are all terms closely associated with facing.
Usage examples of "facing".
Then Fagin pushed hard for some sort of gas attack, which Banish rejected as well, saying that the Abies family might have gas masks themselves and, if so, the agents and marshals going in would be facing a slaughter.
He spoke the words, though, as he turned himself sunwise, murmuring the brief prayer to each of the four airts in turn, and ended facing west, into the setting sun.
Facing him on the outboard side next to Schultz was Chief Engineer Alameda and Damage Control Assistant Duke Phelps.
The trestles had been set up in a U facing the hearth and the company, made up mostly of rich merchants, guild masters, and craftsmen of Wolde, clapped approvingly as Seregil and Alec took their places on a small platform set up there.
At his waved command, the man holding Alec released him and he spun to find himself facing Micum Cavish.
They sat cross-legged on the angareb facing each other and Bakhita made her report to him.
One wall, facing the borehole, was just a single huge pane of tough, anhydrous lunar glass.
Thus dismissed, I left at once, this time not passing through the antechamber but stepping directly out into the passage, which followed the line of the wall facing towards the city.
Corvax was left sitting alone on his side of the interview room, facing the Arachno soldiers who stayed as inscrutable and motionless as statues.
The Port Dutch was a midtown hotel for millionaires of all kindsoil sheiks, arbitrageurs, rock legends, British royalsand its suites, two per floor facing Central Park across Fifth Avenue, almost always repaid a drop-in visit during the dinner hour.
A narrow path beneath over-arching boughs of cherry-laurel and arbutus, immediately facing the lodge, caught her eye, and down this she at once turned her footsteps.
The cloisters have entirely disappeared, but a series of round-headed arches, formed of stucco, may conceal a stone arcading similar to that hidden by the Early English facing of the north wall.
I consider depression to be arguably the greatest scourge now facing modern Western society, a form of plague without lesions or other telltale signs, a plague no amount of safe sex can protect you from.
Ali Baba pursued his woodcutting, day in and day out, collecting vast and back-breaking quantities of wood in the wild forest beyond the city, receiving calluses upon his palms and splinters in his fingers, facing constant threats from wild bandits and wilder beasts, so that he might eke out the most meager of existences.
He should have given the last of his baht to the Dung Lord and rented body-space in an apartment with windows facing east so that he could see the rising sun, and wake early.