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The Collaborative International Dictionary
face-lift

face-lift \face-lift\ v. t. to perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.

Syn: lift.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
face-lift

also facelift, 1934, from face-lifting (1922); see face (n.) + lift (n.).

WordNet
face-lift

v. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn: lift]

Usage examples of "face-lift".

I disliked the ostentatious wealth on display: the yachts in the harbor, the Alfas and Mercedes and Ferraris, the women with their face-lifts and the men with their business paunches.

She was a hefty, nononsense, fortyish individual with a taste for liposuction, face-lifts, and breast augmentation.

Her white hull, the luxurious pastel-painted staterooms, and the plush dining room and cocktail lounge had always given Montague the impression of a dowager whose wrinkles were hidden skillfully under heavy makeup and at least three face-lifts.

There is a lot of cosmetic work -- I mean aside from nose jobs and face-lifts -- but that you can accomplish almost as well with a new hair style and a beard.