retouch
transitive verb
- to touch up or change details in (a painting, essay, etc.) in order to improve it
- Photog. to change (a negative or print) by adding details or removing blemishes, etc.
noun
- the act or process of retouching
- a detail that is changed in retouching
- something, as a photograph, that has been retouched
See retouch in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rē-tŭchˈ)
verb re·touched,
re·touch·ing,
re·touch·es verb, transitive- To add new details or touches to for correction or improvement.
- To improve or change (a photographic negative or print), as by adding details or removing flaws.
- To color (recent growth of hair) to match hair that was tinted, dyed, or bleached at an earlier date.
- Archaeology To modify (a flaked stone tool) by secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
verb, intransitive To give or make retouches.
noun (rēˈtŭchˌ, rē-tŭchˈ) The act, process, or an instance of retouching.
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