retouch
To improve something, by adding or correcting details, or by removing flawsTo improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
» This picture could use some retouching.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
retuschieren
ретуши́роватьretušírovatʹ
(transitive)To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.
To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
- give retouches to (hair)
- alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
Examples
7 sentencesThis picture could use some retouching.
Ziri fixed the photo with retouching.
That's a retouched photograph.
The picture was probably retouched.
We're retouching some old photographs.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From French retoucher.From French retoucher.
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Forms
retouches, retouching, retouched, retouchedSynonyms
1 synonyms- alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance:touch up
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle