faceup

American  

[feys-uhp] / ˈfeɪsˈʌp /

adverb

1. with the face or the front or upper surface upward.

   Place the cards faceup on the table.

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Etymology

Origin of faceup

First recorded in 1960–65; face + up

Example Sentences

The remains there, labeled Skeleton 4926, had been buried faceup, hands crossed in front, in a cemetery of a roadside settlement in a onetime Roman province that is now Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire.

From Washington Post

At his locker in a desolate locker room as he told of his love for his teammates, he said FDU had used all guards except a “faceup four there most of the time” and that he “kind of had to learn on the fly a little bit in the game.”

From Washington Post

He then headed to Clifton, who was lying faceup at the base of a large pile of sticks.

From Seattle Times

He was on the brink of surrender, in fact, when a few yards up ahead, the guy in front of him began to veer off the course and walked straight into a shallow riverbed, as if he was blindly following Google Maps, whereupon he lay faceup in the cool, refreshing water and did not get up.

From New York Times

Swim instructor Symone Martin floated faceup in a backyard pool in Baldwin Hills one recent afternoon, the tang of wet concrete and chlorine perfuming the air as she modeled this summer’s most sought after skill in her flamingo pink one-piece.

From Los Angeles Times