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# facial

adjective (facial); noun (a facial, facials)

«facial» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) Of or on the face: «facial expression», «facial hair». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#m1)
2. (noun) A beauty treatment where the skin of the face is cleaned and creamed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#m2)

### In the lessons

In drama and reading: «facial expressions» (smiling, frowning) show feelings. In science and health: facial muscles, facial injuries. «Facial recognition» is technology that knows people by their faces. In everyday life, someone may «have a facial» at a beauty salon.

### Examples

- Her facial expression showed she was scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x1)
- Dad has facial hair now — a beard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x2)
- Read the characters' facial expressions in the picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x3)
- Mum had a facial at the spa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x4)
- The phone uses facial recognition to unlock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x5)
- The boxer had a facial injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x6)
- Use facial expressions when you act the scene. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced FAY-shul. Adjective before a noun. The noun «a facial» is countable. Related: face.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «facial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«facial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/facial.html) on Mova free.