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- [feys lift]
- /feɪs lɪft/
- /feɪs lɪft/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [feys lift]
- /feɪs lɪft/
Definitions of face-lift word
- noun face-lift Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy. 1
- noun face-lift a renovation or restyling, as of a room or building, intended to give an attractive, more up-to-date appearance. 1
- verb with object face-lift to perform a face-lift upon. 1
- verb with object face-lift to renovate or restyle in order to give a fresher, more modern appearance: Our old offices have been face-lifted with new furniture, rugs, and plants. 1
- noun face-lift surgery: tightens facial skin 1
- noun face-lift a cosmetic surgical operation for tightening sagging skin and smoothing unwanted wrinkles on the face 0
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Origin of face-lift
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1920-25
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Parts of speech for Face-lift
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
face-lift popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for face-lift
noun face-lift
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- nose job — cosmetic surgery of the nose; rhinoplasty.
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- renovation — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- restoration — the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
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Matching words
- Words starting with f
- Words starting with fa
- Words starting with fac
- Words starting with face
- Words starting with facel
- Words starting with faceli
- Words starting with facelif
- Words starting with facelift