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retouch
[ verb ree-tuhch; noun ree-tuhch, ree-tuhch ]
verb (used with object)
- to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
- Photography. to alter (a negative or positive) after development by adding or removing lines, lightening areas, etc., with a pencil, brush, or knife.
- to dye, tint, or bleach (a new growth of hair) to match or blend with the color of an earlier and previously dyed growth.
noun
- an added touch to a picture, painting, paint job, etc., by way of improvement or alteration.
- an act or instance of dyeing new growth of hair to blend with previously dyed hair.
retouch
/ ːˈʌʃ /
verb
- to restore, correct, or improve (a painting, make-up, etc) with new touches
- photog to alter (a negative or print) by painting over blemishes or adding details
- to make small finishing improvements to
- archaeol to detach small flakes from (a stone) in order to make a tool
noun
- the art or practice of retouching
- a detail that is the result of retouching
- a photograph, painting, etc, that has been retouched
- archaeol fine percussion to shape flakes of stone into usable tools
Derived Forms
- ˈٴdzܳ, noun
- ˈٴdzܳ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٴdzܳa· adjective
- ·ٴdzܳİ noun
- ܲr·ٴdzܳ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
To this day, when the pool is drained, the hotel retouches the lines, refreshing Hockney’s iconic blue half-moon marks every year or so.
The painting had to be retouched on game day.
Mr Draper's first impression of Trump's image was that it was "heavily manipulated" with both studio lighting and retouching after the shoot.
There are retouches to the original tale, updates to conform to modern sensibilities and a few winking asides to the audience, but the basic recipe of a whodunit spoof is preserved.
The proud grandmother revealed that she told magazine staffers she did not want retouching done on her SI Swimsuit photos — even dishing that she had a cheeseburger the day before her shoot.
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