retouch

re·touch  (r-tch)

v. re·touched, re·touch·ing, re·touch·es

v.tr.

1. To add new details or touches to for correction or improvement.

2. To improve or change (a photographic negative or print), as by adding details or removing flaws.

3. To color (recent growth of hair) to match hair that was tinted, dyed, or bleached at an earlier date.

4. Archaeology To modify (a flaked stone tool) by secondary flaking along the cutting edge.

v.intr.

To give or make retouches.

n. (rtch, r-tch)

The act, process, or an instance of retouching.

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re·toucher n.

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retouch [riːˈtʌtʃ]

vb (tr)

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to restore, correct, or improve (a painting, make-up, etc.) with new touches

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog to alter (a negative or print) by painting over blemishes or adding details

3. to make small finishing improvements to

4. (Social Science / Archaeology) Archaeol to detach small flakes from (a blank) in order to make a tool

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) the art or practice of retouching

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a detail that is the result of retouching

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a photograph, painting, etc., that has been retouched

4. (Social Science / Archaeology) Archaeol fine percussion to shape flakes of stone into usable tools

retouchable  adj

retoucher  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	retouch - give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots" color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
	2.	retouch - alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!" touch up photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs enhance - make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

Translations

retouch [ˈriːˈtʌtʃ] VT → retocar

retouch

vt (Art, Phot) → retuschieren