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# facial

«facial» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of or on the face: «facial expression», «facial hair»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Of or on the face: «facial expression», «facial hair». [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [In sign languages, facial expressions are part of the grammar: raised eyebrows can turn a sentence into a yes/no question.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/32-sign-language/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «facial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.