retouch
verb (used with object)
to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
retoucher
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a word derived from
retouch.
Example Sentences
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A retoucher is used to strike the edge of a worn stone tool, knocking off small flakes to restore its intended form and cutting edge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Researchers concluded that the object probably acted as a "retoucher."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
George sent it out to a retoucher and they put the two shoots together.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2018
Young Hermann began an apprenticeship as a photo retoucher in 1934, and it was around that time that he became interested in the work of the typographer and calligrapher Rudolf Koch.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2015
They make what they will of us, and the retoucher simply edits the review with an eye to the market.
From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
