Physiognomy - English meaning

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

A dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven.

Usage examples:

A vegetable bake

noun

A person's mouth.

Usage examples:

Shut your bake!

noun

A mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures.

Usage examples:

The church clock struck four

verb

Attain or register (a specified time, distance, or speed).

Usage examples:

I clocked nearly nine hours of uninterrupted sleep

noun

An ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle.

Usage examples:

I was wearing my powder-blue suit, with dark blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogue…

noun

A person's face or facial expression.

Usage examples:

His impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away

verb

Admit as acceptable or possible.

Usage examples:

He was reluctant to countenance the use of force

noun

The appearance or expression of someone’s face

Usage examples:

[ c ] her countenance masked her feelings., this school will not countenance lateness.

noun

A voucher entitling the holder to a discount off a particular product.

Usage examples:

The current rates are $5 per day, $28 per week and a reduced fee if the customer uses available dis…

verb

(of a consumer) collect and use coupons or vouchers offering discounts on goods or services.

Usage examples:

She couponed and budgeted to feed her family of six

noun

A piece of paper that you can use to buy a product or service at a reduced price or to get it free, or to get information

Usage examples:

Send in this coupon with your name and address for a free travel brochure., you can collect points …

noun

A face of a clock or watch that is marked to show units of time.

Usage examples:

The dial on your dive watch would send a geiger counter into cardiac arrest.

verb

Call (a phone number) by turning a dial or using a keypad or touchscreen.

Usage examples:

She dialled 999

noun

The action of making known one's thoughts or feelings.

Usage examples:

The prisoners developed a dialect as an everyday means of expression

noun

The front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.

Usage examples:

She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely

verb

Short for typeface.

noun

The front of the head including the eyes, nose, and mouth

Usage examples:

Cal hid his face in his hands., we climbed the north face of mount washington., they are faced with…

noun

A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.

Usage examples:

A well-appointed house with interesting decorative features

verb

Have as a prominent attribute or aspect.

Usage examples:

The hotel features a large lounge, a sauna, and a coin-operated solarium

noun

A noticeable or important characteristic or part

Usage examples:

This car has excellent safety features., she has fine, delicate features (= parts of the face)., th…

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

A person who kisses someone, especially in a particular way.

Usage examples:

He's a good kisser

noun

Used with an adjective to describe how someone kisses

Usage examples:

Oh, he's a wonderful kisser, my boyfriend!, she punched him right in the kisser.

noun

A distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face.

Usage examples:

I recognized those haggard lineaments

verb

Direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

People were looking at him

noun

An act of directing one's gaze in order to see someone or something.

Usage examples:

Let me get a closer look

exclamation

Used to call attention to what one is going to say.

Usage examples:

‘look, this is ridiculous.’

noun

A person's appearance or manner, especially as an indication of their character or mood.

Usage examples:

He has a cautious, academic mien

noun

Another term for yao2.

noun

A person's appearance, especially the typical expression on their face

Usage examples:

His aristocratic mien and expensive clothes singled him out.

noun

A large cup, typically cylindrical with a handle and used without a saucer.

Usage examples:

She picked up her coffee mug

verb

Attack and rob (someone) in a public place.

Usage examples:

He was mugged by three men who stole his bike

verb

Learn or revise a subject as far as possible in a short time.

Usage examples:

I'm constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them

noun

A soft, wet, pulpy mass.

Usage examples:

Red lentils cook quickly and soon turn to mush

verb

Reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass.

Usage examples:

I reached over to his plate with my spoon and mushed together his pie with slice of flan

exclamation

A command urging on dogs pulling a sled during a journey across snow.

noun

A metal container used for cooking food in.

Usage examples:

Heat the olive oil in a heavy pan

verb

Criticize severely.

Usage examples:

The movie was panned by the critics

noun

A panning movement.

Usage examples:

That slow pan over london

noun

A person's face or expression.

Usage examples:

It was enough to paste his phiz on the cover of time magazine

proper noun

(1815–82), english illustrator; pseudonym of hablot knight browne. he illustrated many of dickens's works, including martin chuzzlewit, pickwick papers, and bleak house. he took his pseudonym to complement dickens's ‘boz’.

proper noun

(1815–82), english illustrator; pseudonym of hablot knight browne. he illustrated many of dickens's works, including martin chuzzlewit, pickwick papers, and bleak house. he took his pseudonym to complement dickens's ‘boz’.

noun

A person's face or expression.

Usage examples:

He has a constant look of surprise on his fizzog

noun

An outline of something, especially a person's face, as seen from one side.

Usage examples:

The man turned and she caught his profile

verb

Describe (a person or organization) in a short article.

Usage examples:

He was to profile a backbench mp

noun

An affectionate term for a cat.

Usage examples:

Dangly baubles can be too tantalizing for even the best behaved pusses

noun

A person's face, mouth, or expression.

Usage examples:

They hush up with little smiles on their pusses

noun

A person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features.

Usage examples:

An elegant, angular visage