facial

Pluralfacials

1. 1
   adjective

   Having to do with the face.

   Her facial expression showed she was angry.

   He grew some facial hair over the summer.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A beauty treatment that cleans your face and puts moisture back into the skin.

   My sister got a facial before her wedding.

   The spa offers facials and massages.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Used to make the face look nicer, like a cream or a treatment.

   She bought a facial mask at the drugstore.

   This facial cream helps with dry skin.

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4. 4
   nounslangcountable

   A sex act where one person ejaculates onto another person's face.

   Critics said the video's final facial was degrading.

   Her contract says she will not do facials.

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5. 5
   adjective

   In law, about how a rule looks on paper, not how it works in real life.

   The group filed a facial challenge, saying the law is wrong as written.

   The court looked at the facial fairness of the rule, not at how police used it.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   An early silent movie made to show an actor's face and its expressions.

   The museum showed an old facial in which a man laughs and frowns.

   Early movie fans loved facials because they could watch every smile up close.

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