facelift
The building received a fresh coat of paint and new windows as part of its facelift.
Noun: 1. A renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes: A process of making something look newer, cleaner, or more modern by updating its surface features. 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: A surgical procedure intended to create a younger-looking appearance by tightening facial skin and muscles.
The word facelift is used to describe a significant but often superficial improvement to the appearance of an object or a person. It implies a refreshment rather than a complete rebuild or fundamental change.
- Noun (Renovation):
- The old hotel received a facelift with new paint, furniture, and lighting.
- The software update gave the user interface a much-needed facelift.
- Noun (Surgery):
- She decided to have a facelift for her fiftieth birthday.
- The actor's surprisingly youthful look was rumored to be the result of a facelift.
- "give [something] a facelift": This is a common collocation meaning to renovate or refresh the appearance of something.
- The city is giving the central park a facelift to attract more visitors.
- The term can be used metaphorically for non-physical things to indicate a refresh or update.
- The company's rebranding was more than just a logo change; it was a complete brand facelift.
- Face-lift: An alternative hyphenated spelling of the noun.
- Lift (noun, informal): A shortened, informal term for a facelift surgery.
- She looks great—I think she might have had a lift.
- For renovation: refurbishment, renovation, makeover, refresh, update.
- For surgery: rhytidectomy (the technical medical term), cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery.
- More than a facelift: Used to emphasize that changes are fundamental and structural, not just cosmetic or superficial.
- The new policy is more than a facelift; it represents a complete overhaul of the system.
The building received a fresh coat of paint and new windows as part of its facelift.
- 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
- 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