facedown

[ adverb feys-doun; noun feys-doun ]

adverb

1. with the face or the front or upper surface downward:

   He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.

noun

1. Also face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.

Word History and Origins

Origin of facedown¹

1930–35; facedown ( def 1 ) face + down ¹; facedown ( def 2 ) noun use of verb phrase face down

Example Sentences

Carter looked at Gallegos, who was lying facedown next to them.

From The Daily Beast

Even more emphatically, Urquhart—with a roguish smile—turns her picture facedown on his desk.

From The Daily Beast

The clerk had another clipboard with another form, as well as a facedown photo.

From The Daily Beast

And while I no longer collapse facedown in my food, I have fallen asleep in some pretty unlikely places.

From The Daily Beast

It features a young woman, facedown in front of her fiancé's grave, whispering to him.

From The Daily Beast

He saw himself lying facedown, nearly nude on the rack, his blond hair darkened and plastered down with sweat.

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