face lift facelift face lifting | 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 |
heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
weight gaining | bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight |
face lift facelift lift face lifting cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck | 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 |
lifting device | a device for lifting heavy loads |
sash weight | a counterweight for a sliding sash |
weight | an artifact that is heavy |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
equivalent equivalent weight combining weight eq | the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element, the standard is for oxygen |
weight | the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
body weight | the weight of a person's body |
reporting weight | a person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice) |
dead weight | a heavy motionless weight |
throw-weight | the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket) |
weight weightiness | the relative importance granted to something, his opinion carries great weight, the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed |
dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance |
table tipping table tilting table turning table lifting | manipulation of a table during a seance, attributed to spirits |
weight | an oppressive feeling of heavy force, bowed down by the weight of responsibility |
gainer weight gainer | a person who gains weight |
low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |
weight weighting | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance |
weight unit weight | a unit used to measure weight, he placed two weights in the scale pan |
system of weights weight | a system of units used to express the weight of something |
avoirdupois avoirdupois weight | a system of weights based on the -ounce pound (or , grains) |
troy troy weight | a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones, based on a -ounce pound and an ounce ofgrains |
apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight | any weight unit used in pharmacy, an ounce is equal tograins and a pound is equal to ounces |
metric weight unit weight unit | a decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
gram atom gram-atomic weight | the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
slant angle weight | present with a bias, He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders |
carry weight | have influence to a specified degree, Her opinion carries a lot of weight |
weight-lift weightlift press | lift weights, This guy can presspounds |
burden burthen weight weight down | weight down with a load |
pull one's weight | do one's share in a common task, Bob has never pulled his weight, and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness |