to lift
- verb
- /lɪft/
- Specialized
- In her thirties, she decided to lift her face to maintain a youthful appearance.
- lift the face
- lift the brows
- lift sagging skin
Examples
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This will totally lift that face and give you that Bratz pulled up look.
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The surgeon explained the steps involved in how to lift the skin during the procedure.
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You kind of just lift the skin and lay this down.
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So this is kind of going to help lift my eye.
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I like to like lift the eye and keep it really straight and stretched out and then let it spring back.
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I do want to lift this right here, so I'm going to lift corners of the mouth right on the side of the eye.
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She had her face lifted.
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I like to contour a little bit and then I'm going to add a little bit here to lift the eyes and a little bit under here.
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After years of sun exposure, he chose to lift his facial skin to reduce wrinkles.
Synonyms
To make someone's face look younger by surgery
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- Specialized
Surgery that tightens the skin on the face and removes extra tissue to make someone look younger
A moving bar on a slope that pulls people up while they keep their skis or snowboard on
A ski lift with a T-shaped bar that pulls skiers or snowboarders uphill as they hold it
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Etymology
Lift for cosmetic work uses the simple meaning 'raise' — a face lift literally aims to 'raise' and tighten the skin. That's why a lift changes the face to look younger.