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face-lift
(redirected from face-lifts)

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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, face-lift·ing, face-lifts
To perform a face-lift upon.

face-lift
Noun
1. cosmetic surgery for tightening sagging skin and smoothing wrinkles on the face
2. an outward improvement designed to give a more modern appearance: the stadium was given a face-lift
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Verb1.face-lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

face-lift
noun 2. cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery
Translations
German face-lift [ˈfeɪslɪft] face nFacelifting nt;
(of building etc) → Verschönerung f

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It all adds up to a growing number of adults searching for their own fountains of youth who are bypassing traditional face-lifts in favor of a slew of the latest noninvasive techniques, whether it's state-of-the-art technological advances or ancient Asian healing arts.
Two grandes dames of Russian ballet--the Maryinsky and Bolshoi Theaters--are showing their age, and both are scheduled for face-lifts.
Undermining the continuity of the sexual stages from puberty to senescence, face-lifts destabilize sex, and identity.
 
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