face-down

See also: facedown and face down

English

Alternative forms

• facedown

Adverb

face-down (not comparable)

1. (of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.

   Antonym: face-up

   She was sleeping face-down on the sofa.

   He placed the page face-down on the table so that we could not see its contents.

Translations

such that the face or front is positioned downward

• Bashkir: йөҙтүбән (yöźtübən)
• Catalan: de bocaterrosa (ca)
• Estonian: kummuli
• Finnish: alassuin, kuvapuoli alaspäin (of playing cards)
• French: à plat ventre (fr)
• Galician: de bruzos
• Greek: μπρούμυτα (el) (broúmyta), πρηνηδόν (el) (prinidón)
• Icelandic: (lie face-down) liggja á grúfu
• Old English: neowol
• Spanish: boca abajo, bocabajo, de buzos (disused), de bruzos (disused), de bruces (es), de buces
• Turkish: yüzüstü (tr)

Adjective

face-down (not comparable)

1. Having the face, front or surface positioned downward.

   the face-down cards in a game

Noun

face-down (plural face-downs)

1. A confrontation.
   • 1983, The Marine Corps Gazette, page 90:

     What Herzog makes abundantly clear, as he progresses through accounts of the 40 years of bloodshed that have led to the recent facedowns between American and Israeli allies, is […]

Anagrams

• downface