facelift
or face-lift
plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
a renovation or restyling, as of a room or building, intended to give an attractive, more up-to-date appearance.
to perform a surgical facelift upon.
to renovate or restyle in order to give a fresher, more modern appearance: Our old offices have been facelifted with new furniture, rugs, and plants.
Origin of facelift
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How to use facelift in a sentence
When I couldn't she told me it proved she hadn't had a face lift.
She was pleased as she said people had been accusing her of having had a face lift for years, but no scars proved she had not.
I could see her eyelids squeeze down on her eyes and her face lift and her shoulders go back as she swallowed hard.
The Night of the Long Knives | Fritz Reuter Leiber
British Dictionary definitions for face-lift
a cosmetic surgical operation for tightening sagging skin and smoothing unwanted wrinkles on the face
any improvement or renovation, as of a building, etc
(tr) to improve the appearance of, as by a face-lift
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