FACE LIFTING
Dictionary entry overview: What does face lifting mean?
• FACE LIFTING (noun)
The noun FACE LIFTING has 2 senses:
1. a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes
2. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
Familiarity information: FACE LIFTING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FACE LIFTING (noun)
Meaning:
A renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
face lifting; face lift; facelift
Context examples:
give your home a facelift / more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction
Hypernyms ("face lifting" is a kind of...):
overhaul; redevelopment; renovation (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)
Meaning:
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
rhytidectomy; nip and tuck; facelift; rhytidoplasty; face lift; cosmetic surgery; face lifting; lift
Context example:
some actresses have more than one face lift
Hypernyms ("face lifting" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "face lifting"):
nose job; rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose)
