📖 Definitions of "Retouch"
noun
- 1
The act of retouching.
verb
- 1
To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
- 2
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.
🔄 Synonyms of "Retouch"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| touch upverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Retouch"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| touch upverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect. |
| bifacial | Having two faces or opposing surfaces. |
| editnoun | A change to the text of a document. |
| refineverb | (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence. |
| unifacial | Having, or showing, a single face. |
| retintnoun | (transitive) To tint again. |
| airbrushnoun | A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs. |
| freshenverb | (intransitive) To become fresh. |
| retextureverb | (transitive) To texture again; to give a new texture to. |
| retexturizeverb | (transitive) To texturize again. |
| rebrushverb | (transitive) To brush again. |
| red-pencilverb | (transitive) To correct (written documents). |
| adjustverb | (transitive) To modify. |
| fix upverb | (transitive) To repair or refurbish. |
| rebeautifyverb | (transitive) To beautify again. |
| titivateverb | (transitive) To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up. |
| revampnoun | An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision. |
| photoshopnoun | A digitally altered image. |
| posteditverb | (transitive) To edit and refine (a computer-generated translation of a text). |
| refurbishverb | (transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance. |
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