Definition of "face-down"

face-down

adverb
not comparable
1. (of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.
adjective
not comparable
1. Having the face, front or surface positioned downward.
noun
plural face-downs
1. A confrontation.
  Quotations
  What Herzog makes abundantly clear, as he progresses through accounts of the 40 years of bloodshed that have led to the recent facedowns between American and Israeli allies, is […]
  1983, The Marine Corps Gazette, page 90