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face-lift Definition

☆ face·-lift (fās′lift′)

noun

  1. plastic surgery for removing wrinkles, sagging flesh, etc. from the face
  2. an altering, repairing, cleaning, etc., as of the exterior of a building

transitive verb

to perform a face-lift on (a person, building, etc.)

face-lift Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • undergo: Glenn Carver ( Cambridge, Chemistry ) The British Atmospheric Data Center The BADC is undergoing a major face-lift.
  • receive: Ward Jackson Park received a two million pound face-lift with significant funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
  • give: In 1956 for the first time in fifty years the Sexton Blake saga was given a face-lift.
  • get: New Calendar in Vista Also getting a face-lift is the familiar calendar feature in Windows.
  • have: The Fleur de Lis in Mill Street is to have a face-lift which could cost owners Charles Wells brewery up to £ 400,000.
  • need: Many locals feel that Oxford needs a face-lift to prevent people from traveling outside the city for good shopping.

Adjective modifier

  • major: A view from the Mound, which is set for a major face-lift, starting this coming Monday.
  • complete: We decided that we would somehow manage one last issue on the old machine and then go in for a complete face-lift again.
  • cosmetic: Rivals seem to go on forever with little more than an occasional cosmetic face-lift.
  • mini: Botox, microdermabrasion and mini face-lifts are all the rage.
  • new: Jody Sacks and I will be working on refurbishing the new library giving it a new face-lift!