Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) face, human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear) "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
S: (n) face (the general outward appearance of something) "the face of the city is changing"
S: (n) face (the striking or working surface of an implement)
S: (n) face (a part of a person that is used to refer to a person) "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"
S: (n) side, face (a surface forming part of the outside of an object) "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"; "they travelled across the face of the continent"
S: (n) face (the part of an animal corresponding to the human face)
S: (n) face (the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)) "he dealt the cards face down"
S: (n) grimace, face (a contorted facial expression) "she made a grimace at the prospect"
S: (n) face (status in the eyes of others) "he lost face"
S: (n) boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek (impudent aggressiveness) "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
S: (n) face (a vertical surface of a building or cliff)
Verb
S: (v) confront, face up, face (deal with (something unpleasant) head on) "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
S: (v) confront, face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition) "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
S: (v) pit, oppose, match, play off (set into opposition or rivalry) "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
S: (v) front, look, face (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to) "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
S: (v) attend, go to (be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.) "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"
S: (v) sit in (attend as a visitor) "Can I sit in on your Intermediate Hittite class?"
S: (v) worship (attend religious services) "They worship in the traditional manner"
S: (v) offer, offer up (present as an act of worship) "offer prayers to the gods"
S: (v) immolate (offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction) "The Aztecs immolated human victims"; "immolate the valuables at the temple"
S: (v) occupy, fill (occupy the whole of) "The liquid fills the container"
S: (v) crowd (fill or occupy to the point of overflowing) "The students crowded the auditorium"
S: (v) take up (take up time or space) "take up the slack"
S: (v) populate, dwell, live, inhabit (be an inhabitant of or reside in) "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
S: (v) lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily) "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
S: (v) sleep over, stay over (stay overnight) "The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party"
S: (v) camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent (live in or as if in a tent) "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
S: (v) nest (inhabit a nest, usually after building) "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"
S: (v) board, room (live and take one's meals at or in) "she rooms in an old boarding house"
S: (v) run, go, pass, lead, extend (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point) "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
S: (v) come (extend or reach) "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
S: (v) radiate, ray (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center) "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"
S: (v) go far, go deep (extend in importance or range) "His accomplishments go far"
S: (v) go, lead (lead, extend, or afford access) "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"
S: (v) cover, continue, extend (span an interval of distance, space or time) "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
S: (v) cross, traverse, span, sweep (to cover or extend over an area or time period) "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
S: (v) lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)
S: (v) nestle (lie in a sheltered position) "The little cottage nestles in the forest"
S: (v) intervene (be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events) "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
S: (v) top (be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point) "A star tops the Christmas Tree"
S: (v) mediate (occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others) "mediate between the old and the new"
S: (v) ride (lie moored or anchored) "Ship rides at anchor"
S: (v) lap (lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another)
S: (v) cap, crest (lie at the top of) "Snow capped the mountains"
S: (v) front, look, face (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to) "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
S: (v) confront (be face to face with) "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
S: (v) back (be in back of) "My garage backs their yard"
S: (v) flank (be located at the sides of something or somebody)
S: (v) head (be in the front of or on top of) "The list was headed by the name of the president"
S: (v) surmount (be on top of) "The scarf surmounted the gown"
S: (v) pinnacle (surmount with a pinnacle) "pinnacle a pediment"
S: (v) crown (form the topmost part of) "A weather vane crowns the building"
S: (v) follow (be next) "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
S: (v) center on (have as a center) "The region centers on Charleston"
S: (v) lie, rest (have a place in relation to something else) "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
S: (v) belong, go (be in the right place or situation) "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"
S: (v) come (exist or occur in a certain point in a series) "Next came the student from France"
S: (v) face (be opposite) "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
S: (v) face (turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction) "Turn and face your partner now"
S: (v) confront, face, present (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize) "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"