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Meaning of facelift

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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