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🏢 A makeover 💉 To do cosmetic surgery
to face-lift

to face-lift

1 6.1
To make someone's face look younger by surgery
  • verb
  • /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/
translation icon : lifting facial
  • Tell me, is it true Mrs. Matuschek had her face lifted?

Examples

  • I am going to get a face-lift with Phyllis in Thailand.

    Forever Young (2024)

  • I see you got your face-lift done.

    Forever Young (2024)

  • She had her face lifted.

    The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

  • She decided to face-lift her appearance to feel more confident during the event.

  • After considering her options, she went ahead and face-lifted to enhance her profile.

  • Many celebrities choose to face-lift for a youthful look in the entertainment industry.

Synonyms

to lift
vsto face-lift
  • Specialized
9 7.6

To have surgery on the face to reduce signs of aging

performs cosmetic surgery to improve appearance more broadly

How Dramatic

to face-lift
1 6.1
to rejuvenate
24 5.5
tweak
28 3.9

Surface Forms

face-lift infinitive
face-lifted past
face-lifted past participle
face-lifting present participle
face-lifts third person singular

Morphology

face-lift = face-lift (transparent) = face + lift

The verb is formed by conversion from the noun 'face-lift', whose meaning is directly built from 'face' + 'lift'.

Etymology

The word face-lift comes from the two words face and lift, with lift meaning 'raise' or 'pull up'. Surgeons 'lift' skin and muscle to make someone look younger, so to face-lift someone is to perform that cosmetic surgery to improve their appearance.