"facelift" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-facelift.wav Forms: facelifts [plural]
Etymology: From face + lift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|face|lift}} face + lift Head templates: {{en-noun}} facelift (plural facelifts)
  1. Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging. Categories (topical): Plastic surgery Translations (plastic surgery to the face): 整容 (zhěngróng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拉皮 (lāpí) (Chinese Mandarin), senfaltigo (Esperanto), kasvojenkohotus (Finnish), lifting [masculine] (French), Gesichtsstraffung [feminine] (German), Facelift [masculine, neuter] (German), arcifjító kezelés/műtét/beavatkozás (Hungarian), arcfelvarrás (Hungarian), ráncfelvarrás (Hungarian), lifting facciale [masculine] (Italian), ritidectomia [feminine] (Italian), ritidoplastica [feminine] (Italian), フェイスリフト (feisurifuto) (Japanese), aanoaghey eddin [masculine] (Manx), ansiktsløft [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ansiktsløfting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ansiktsløftning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ansiktsløfting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lifting [masculine] (Polish), lifting [masculine] (Portuguese), facelift [masculine] (Portuguese), ritidectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), ли́фтинг (lífting) [masculine] (Russian), подтя́жка (podtjážka) (alt: лица́) [feminine] (Russian), lifting [masculine] (Spanish), ansiktslyft [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-facelift-en-noun-AGBefPHc Disambiguation of Plastic surgery: 95 5 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 41 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 34 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 45 47 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 39 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 60 33 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 38 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 37 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 33 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 36 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 56 34 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 56 34 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 61 32 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 52 37 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 50 38 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 65 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 37 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 37 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 56 34 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 37 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 52 37 11 Disambiguation of 'plastic surgery to the face': 98 2
  2. (by extension) Any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something. Tags: broadly Translations (improvement of the appearance of something): 翻新 (fānxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), senfaltigo (Esperanto), facelift (Finnish), kasvojenkohotus (Finnish), kozmetikázás (Hungarian), szépítés (Hungarian), ansiktsløft [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ansiktsløfting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ansiktsløftning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ansiktsløfting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), makyaj (Turkish), facelift (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-facelift-en-noun-uMaqAsSO Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 45 47 8 Disambiguation of 'improvement of the appearance of something': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: face-lift, face lift Derived forms: Croydon facelift

Verb

IPA: /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-facelift.wav Forms: facelifts [present, singular, third-person], facelifting [participle, present], facelifted [participle, past], facelifted [past]
Etymology: From face + lift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|face|lift}} face + lift Head templates: {{en-verb}} facelift (third-person singular simple present facelifts, present participle facelifting, simple past and past participle facelifted)
  1. To perform a facelift upon. Translations (to perform a facelift): 整容 (zhěngróng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拉皮 (lāpí) (Chinese Mandarin), gøre en ansigtsløftning (Danish), senfaltigo (Esperanto), tehdä kasvojenkohotus (Finnish), pintaremontoida (Finnish), kozmetikáz (Hungarian), szépít (Hungarian), megszépít (Hungarian), göra en ansiktslyftning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-facelift-en-verb-41AMld11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: face-lift, face lift

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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