face lift
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- noun
- /feɪs lɪft/
- Specialized
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lifting facial
- After her face lift, she felt more confident attending social events.
- get a face lift
- need a face lift
- full face lift
Examples
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I'm going to recommend a deep face peel after the face lift.
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I would say a full face lift.
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But you could use a complete face lift.
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And so the face lift is primarily to address like the neck and chin area as well as the lower face.
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You promised me a face-lift.
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These middle aged broads come out of face lift surgery, and their throats still look like my Uncle Bob's scrotum.
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She decided to undergo a face lift to reduce the signs of aging on her skin.
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Many people seek a face lift as a solution to sagging skin and wrinkles.
Synonyms
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Surgery that tightens the face to reduce wrinkles and signs of aging
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A surgery that makes the face look younger by tightening the skin and removing extra tissue
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An operation that makes the face look younger by removing wrinkles
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A small surgery on the face that removes wrinkles and tightens skin
An operation to make the face look younger by removing wrinkles and tightening the skin
Surgery that removes loose skin and tightens the face to look younger
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'a cosmetic improvement to appearance' can be inferred from combining 'face' (front or facade) with 'lift' (to raise or improve), and the surgical sense of 'lift' makes the basic idea transparent. However, the use for buildings or general renovations is a metaphorical extension from cosmetic surgery (facade makeover), so the relation is partly figurative rather than purely compositional.
Etymology
Face lift comes from the literal idea of lifting the face: surgeons tighten skin and remove extra tissue to 'lift' features so someone will 'look younger'. That's why face lift means a cosmetic operation to reduce signs of aging.