facelift

facelift
    n 1: 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; "some
         actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: {face lift},
         {facelift}, {lift}, {face lifting}, {cosmetic surgery},
         {rhytidectomy}, {rhytidoplasty}, {nip and tuck}]
    2: a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a
       building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give
       your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model
       marks a fundamental change of direction" [syn: {face lift},
       {facelift}, {face lifting}]
    

face-lift \face-lift\ v. t.
   to perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.

   Syn: lift.
        [WordNet 1.5]