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faced

FAYST/feɪst/

4 meanings of faced

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of face. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She faced her fears and spoke in front of the class.

    The runners faced strong winds for most of the race.

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  2. 2
    adjectivein compounds
    Having a stated number or kind of faces or flat sides.

    The children drew a smiling, round-faced sun.

    We rolled a six-faced die to start the game.

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  3. 3
    adjectiveslang
    Very drunk from drinking too much alcohol.

    By midnight half the party was completely faced.

    He got faced after only three drinks.

    Similardrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered

    Oppositesober

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  4. 4
    adjective
    Having the front or outer surface covered with a different material to make it look better.

    The jacket had a soft, velvet-faced collar.

    They built a brick-faced wall around the garden.

    Similartrimmed, clad, edged

faced is a form of face

face, verb: To have something hard or important coming up that you will have to deal with. Full entry

Forms
facefaces he/she/itfacing -ing formfaced past tense, past participle
Spelling
face → faced: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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Origins

Meanings 1–2, 4

From the word 'face' plus '-ed'.

Meaning 3

A short form of 'shit-faced'.