adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/feɪst/
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rhymes with -eɪst
CMU ARPABET:F EY1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having a specified type or number of faces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
Examples
c. 1694, William Bradshaw and Robert Midgley, Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Volume 7, London: 1754, Letter VI, p. 148, https://books.google.ca/books?id=unlKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false He either heaves out fulsome hypochondriac Sighs, with supercilious Looks, and Chaps set like the Furrows of a sour-faced Hagi; or else he is tickled into a loud ungovernable Laughter, and all his Carriage is ridiculous and wanton.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The cuffs were faced with velvet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lined
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
With a specific kind of face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
stony-faced
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
drunk
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
That night was the first time I ever got faced.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of face
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a neatly faced terrace
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: faceless
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English -ed English faced From face + -ed.
