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faceup

[ feys-uhp ]

adverb

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

    Place the cards faceup on the table.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of faceup1

First recorded in 1960–65; face + up
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Example Sentences

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He lifts up a small mannequin and lays it faceup on the board.

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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.

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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.”

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

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It was a magical time, full of dreaminess and charm, a time to watch the mariposas emerge out of their cocoons, gather their courage, and take flight while we floated faceup in the water.

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