Face and Mantle

Face

Face verb - To cover with something that protects.

Usage example: we decided to face our old frame house with aluminum siding

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Mantle and face are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mantle" instead the word "Face" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

Mantle noun - Something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth.

Usage example: the mantle of secrecy that surrounds the operations of the organization's hierarchy

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Face and mantle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Face" instead the word "Mantle" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: mantling, mantled, mantel, mantlet

human	human face	human mantle
old	old face	old mantle
full	full face	full mantle
long	long face	long mantle
Other adjectives: original, upper, small, big, blue, new, giant.

As she watched his face he suddenly turned his eyes down upon her, and as she looked hurriedly away she was furious with herself as she felt a crimson flush mantle her cheek.

Source: Crush Blush
Batman interprets this as a reference to Harvey Dent aka Two-Face, who had killed Carmine Falcone on Halloween and thus (metaphorically) inherited Holiday's mantle.

Source: Two Dun It
There is an episode where Alfred wrote a story about a future where a new Batman had to face a new Joker trained by the original to take over the mantle.

Source: Legacy Character

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