retouch
to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
Photography. to alter (a negative or positive) after development by adding or removing lines, lightening areas, etc., with a pencil, brush, or knife.
to dye, tint, or bleach (a new growth of hair) to match or blend with the color of an earlier and previously dyed growth.
an added touch to a picture, painting, paint job, etc., by way of improvement or alteration.
an act or instance of dyeing new growth of hair to blend with previously dyed hair.
Origin of retouch
1Other words from retouch
- re·touch·a·ble, adjective
- re·touch·er, noun
- un·re·touched, adjective
Words Nearby retouch
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How to use retouch in a sentence
Should the coating crack at the knee or elbow joints, it is merely necessary to retouch it slightly at those places.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousDifferent publications and different retouch artists would handle a photograph differently, and add different retouching to them.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThat one should ever attempt to retouch the time-faded but beautiful pictures that the memory holds.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. RobinsonOccasional retouch, that appears to have been done by percussion flaking, is evident; but no regular pressure retouch is present.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types | James W. CambronThis retouch appears to have been accomplished with indirect percussion or pressure flaking.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types | James W. Cambron
British Dictionary definitions for retouch
/ (riːˈtʌtʃ) /
to restore, correct, or improve (a painting, make-up, etc) with new touches
photog to alter (a negative or print) by painting over blemishes or adding details
to make small finishing improvements to
archaeol to detach small flakes from (a stone) in order to make a tool
the art or practice of retouching
a detail that is the result of retouching
a photograph, painting, etc, that has been retouched
archaeol fine percussion to shape flakes of stone into usable tools
Derived forms of retouch
- retouchable, adjective
- retoucher, noun
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