Definition of "face-lift" []

• Plastic surgery to remove facial wrinkles, sagging skin, fat deposits, or other visible signs of aging for cosmetic purposes. Also called rhytidectomy. (noun)
• A restyling or modernization, as of a building. (noun)
• To perform a face-lift upon. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Minus the botox or the face-lift, that is, after all, what 50-something women are like."
• "If, having gone from a face-lift to heart surgery, we were now to advance to a brain transplant, to what extent would we still be involved with the same patient?"
• "For those who had no taste for casual clothing, global elixirs of the American lifestyle were to be found in jogging, fitness, and the putatively rejuvenating face-lift."