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Make a face has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

"He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"

2

To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
communicate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
squint wince smile frown screw up pout
Rhyming Words
ace hace pace face race lace wace jace tace mace bace glace trace chace apace stace brace space arace place
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