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beaten one's face

beaten one's face is the past participle of beat one's face.

Meaning of beat one's face

Verb

beat one's face (third-person singular simple present beats one's face, present participle beating one's face, simple past beat one's face, past participle beaten one's face or beat one's face)

  1. (gay slang and African-American Vernacular) To apply makeup.
    • Nicole took her time as she laid all her MAC cosmetics on the dresser in a neat row. After beating her face down she took off the ivory silk robe to hang it behind the door.2011, Natasha Johnigan, Unconditional, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 74
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, face.

Questions about beaten one's face

What is beaten one's face the past participle of?
Beaten one's face is the past participle of beat one's face.

Words near beaten one's face in the dictionary

  1. beaten one's ass
  2. beaten one's brain
  3. beaten one's brains out
  4. beaten one's breast
  5. beaten one's chest
  6. beaten one's face
  7. beaten one's head against a stone wall
  8. beaten one's meat
  9. beaten one's swords into ploughshares
  10. beaten one's swords into plowshares
  11. beaten out

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