retouch
verb (used with object)
to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
retouched
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past participleof retouch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof retouch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
retouchverb (used with object)to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
Example Sentences
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This work was done by Gardena-based company KC Restoration, which retouched and treated each damaged or cracked tile with the type of care and attention to detail used by painting conservators, Denk said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
He also found scrapers and other retouched pieces known as Mousterian stone artifacts that suggested the cave had been used by Neanderthals.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
For teens, this seamless integration of celebrities and retouched versions of real-life peers presents a ripe environment for upward social comparison, or comparing yourself to someone who is “better” in some respect.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
The models look “so retouched that they seem more like A.I.-generated bots than actual people,” Vanessa Friedman, The Times’s chief fashion critic, writes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Someone had retouched the photo and painted Henrietta’s face an unnatural yellow.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
