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face-lift
(redirected from face-lifting)

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face-lift also face·lift (fslft)
n.
1. Plastic surgery to remove facial wrinkles, sagging skin, fat deposits, or other visible signs of aging for cosmetic purposes. Also called rhytidectomy.
2. A restyling or modernization, as of a building.
tr.v. face-lift·ed also face·lift·ed, face-lift·ing also face·lift·ing, face-lifts also face·lifts
To perform a face-lift upon.
face-lift
n
1. (Medicine / Surgery) a cosmetic surgical operation for tightening sagging skin and smoothing unwanted wrinkles on the face
2. any improvement or renovation, as of a building, etc.
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Verb1.face-lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
lift
operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"


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