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facing

UK/ˈfeɪsɪŋ/US/ˈfeɪsɪŋ/
nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutral

Other forms: facings

A facing is a piece sewn on to finish an edge neatly. Stitch on the facing.

It is turned to the inside, so the raw edge disappears and the shape is held. A facing is what makes a neckline sit flat instead of curling.

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Definitions of facing

  1. 1nounfacingA piece sewn on to finish an edge neatly.C2

    “The facing was cut from the same cloth and never seen again.”

facing is a part.

Practised in Knitting & Sewing

Practise this word

facing in the wild

  • Downward Dog Pose, Downward-facing Dog Pose, or Downdog, also called Adho Mukha Svanasana, is an inversion asana in yoga as exercise.

    Downward Dog Pose

  • The S3 Truss has four similar locations called Payload Attachment System (PAS) mechanisms, two facing Zenith (PAS-1 and PAS-2), and two facing Nadir (PAS-3 and PAS-4).

    ExPRESS Logistics Carrier

  • The facing heaven pepper is a type of cone pepper, a group of cone-shaped, medium-hot chili peppers within the species Capsicum annuum.

    Facing heaven pepper

  • When they are on the middle line (in instrumental music) or above it, they are drawn with stems on the left of the note head, facing down.

    Sixteenth note

  • Weekly assignments and projects were based on real-world challenges and opportunities facing NASCAR and its sponsors.

    NASCAR Kinetics

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.