face-down

See also: facedown and face down

English

Alternative forms

facedown

Adverb

face-down (not comparable)

(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
Turkish: yüzüstü (tr)

Adjective

face-down (not comparable)

Having the face, front or surface positioned downward.
the face-down cards in a game

Noun

face-down (plural face-downs)

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.