face up

Examples

• All

• Make sure that the cassette is face up when you put it in.

• Now the victim is lying in the tub, face up, unconscious.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Her body was found face up.

  Zero Effect (1998)

• Then she turned her ancient face up and stared at the ice walls.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Well, as Evelyn said, Harry was lying there on the couch, face up, dead.

  Road Kill (1999)

• Over Tom and Bluepoint's shoulders, stretching away from us, face-up, is a body.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Alice Ann floated face up, and Lindsay's hand had hesitated at the toilet's handle.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The book should be placed with the cover facing up on the table.

• After the storm, the boat was found on the shore, face up and intact.

• He lay on the grass, face up, enjoying the warmth of the sun.

Synonyms

S

supine

vsface up

3 7.4

Lying on the back with the face up

describes surface visibility without requiring lying down

U

upturned

vsface up

1 4.8

Something that has its tip pointing up, like a small nose

refers to the whole front surface rather than a small part

U

uptilted

vsface up

5.9

Points slightly upward from a flat position, like a chin or beak

is a broader orientation of a front surface being visible

S

supinely

vsface up

9.4

Lying on the back with the face up

focuses on visible orientation not the lying manner

Antonyms

F

face down

49 2.0

With the front side turned down toward a surface

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology