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Definition: Make A Face |
Make A FaceVerb1. Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Make A FaceSynonyms: grimace (v), pull a face (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Make A Face |
| English words defined with "make a face": Fleer ♦ mop, mow ♦ pout ♦ To make a face, To make room ♦ wince. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "make a face": crater cuts, cutter plow ♦ dummy gate ♦ gouging shot, Grin and Bear It ♦ INSURANCE ♦ pressure port ♦ restrained plug and socket ♦ software patent, software theft ♦ undercut quarry, undercutter. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Don't make a face, I do know some big words. (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Make a Face (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expression using "make a face": To make a face. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
make a face | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "make a face"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kam pamje të pakënaqur. (various references) | |
Czech | udìlat oblièej, protáhnout oblièej (pull a face). (various references) | |
German | fratzen schneiden (pull a face). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעות פ יו (grimace, pull a face). (various references) | |
Hungarian | grimaszt vág (pull a face, to pull a face, to pull faces), grimaszol (grimace, make faces, to cut faces, to grimace). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | akemay aay acefay.(various references) | |
Russian | скорчить, гримасничать (grimace, make faces, mop and mow, mouth, mug, pull a face, pull faces). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | praviti grimase (make faces), kreveljiti se (grimace, mop and mow, mug). (various references) | |
Thai | ทำหน้าบู"เบี้ยว (make a face / faces at). (various references) | |
Turkish | surat etmek (be in the sulks, make face, make mouths, pout, pull a face, sulk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-f-k-m" | |
-4 letters: ackee. | |
-5 letters: acme, akee, cafe, cake, came, face, fake, fame, feck, feme, kame, keef, mace, mack, make, meek. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6B 65 41 46 61 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a k e   A   F a c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006B 0065 0041 0046 0061 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47677771235240676971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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