Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.

    retuschieren

    ретуши́роватьretušírovatʹ

  2. (transitive)To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.

  3. To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.

More definitions
  • give retouches to (hair)
  • alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance

Examples

7 sentences
  1. This picture could use some retouching.

  2. Ziri fixed the photo with retouching.

  3. That's a retouched photograph.

  4. The picture was probably retouched.

  5. We're retouching some old photographs.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to improve something, especially a photograph:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to improve something, especially a photograph:

Origin

From French retoucher.

From French retoucher.

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Forms

retouches, retouching, retouched, retouched
Base formretouch · to retouch
3rd person singularretouches
Present participleretouching
Past simpleretouched
Past participleretouched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyretouch
he, she, itretouches

Past simpleLesson

all personsretouched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave retouched
he, she, ithas retouched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill retouch

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance:touch up

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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