v. deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

adv. in a position so that the face is up; "In some poker variants the cards are dealt face-up, in others they are dealt face-down."

v. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

v. face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"

adv. "the cards were face up"; "he lay face up"

adv. at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

v. start a game by a face-off

v. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"