faced
FAYST/feɪst/
- 1Simple 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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- 2Having 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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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
- 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'.