WordNet
n. a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) [syn: face lift, facelift]
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: face lift, facelift, lift, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck]
Usage examples of "face lifting".
Went was there now, digging and weeding, his leathered face lifting momentarily as the Prince went past.
Then, in a frenzy of rage, he stabbed at the nearest head, sticking it again and again with his knife, the blood spurting with each angry thrust, the eyeless face lifting in torment, the long mouth shrieking with pain, a shriek that was taken up all along the line of heads, a great ripple running through the vast slab of red-pink flesh.
She ended in his arms, her hands sliding up to frame his face, her face lifting to his.
Stefanie sat reading in the halo of its light, her exquisite face lifting to greet him, her strange, smoky eyes filling with shock as he closed the door and came into the light.
The Gargoyle was unruffled, his ugly face lifting slightly into the light, his yellow eyes calm.