Downface
adj, adv, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
"However, good breeding of dogs with "fill" below the eyes and "downface" together with development of the prick ear, slowly restored the breed to favor."
- 2 The face that is oriented downward.
"Windows in the downface of the hexagon provide light and a view along with privacy and shade in the east-facing building."
- 1 To persist in an assertion in the face of opposition. archaic, rare, transitive
"He will not admit anything, and downfaces everybody. If he can't out-argue them he bullies them, and then takes their silence for agreement with his views."
- 2 To disparage; to cause to lose face. transitive
"Shucks, I didn't want fer them furriners to downface me and, sartin sure, didn't want my kinspeople to be shamed afore them."
- 1 Having or on a downward oriented face.
"The salient advantages of the downface method show that the pioneer features in block machines have been cleared away and that the device is able to mold cement into natural aspects and on structural and durable lines"
- 1 Further down the face.
"Also Mr. Warren was working downface. After making his last bar secure he shifted the overhanging coal, keeping himself and others safe."
- 2 Facing downwards.
"ABRAHAM (turning ISAAC over facedown): Therefore downface thou shall be laid, Then when I strike thou shall not see."
Example
More examples"He will not admit anything, and downfaces everybody. If he can't out-argue them he bullies them, and then takes their silence for agreement with his views."
Etymology
From down + face.
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