Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Face \Face\, 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.
I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of
king. --Dryden.
2. To Confront impudently; to bully.
I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak.
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.
He gained also with his forces that part of Britain
which faces Ireland. --Milton.
4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put
a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
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.
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.
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.
8. 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.
Faced \Faced\, a.
Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced,
two-faced.
Source : WordNet®
faced
adj : having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or
number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced
terrace" [ant: {faceless}]