re-touch
verb (used with object)
1.
to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
2.
Photography. to alter (a negative or positive) after development by adding or removing lines, lightening areas, etc., with a pencil, brush, or knife.
3.
to dye, tint, or bleach (a new growth of hair) to match or blend with the color of an earlier and previously dyed growth.
noun
4.
an added touch to a picture, painting, paint job, etc., by way of improvement or alteration.
5.
an act or instance of dyeing new growth of hair to blend with previously dyed hair.
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retouch (riːˈtʌtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to restore, correct, or improve (a painting, make-up, etc) with new touches |
| 2. | photog to alter (a negative or print) by painting over blemishes or adding details |
| 3. | to make small finishing improvements to |
| 4. | archaeol to detach small flakes from (a stone) in order to make a tool |
| —n | |
| 5. | the art or practice of retouching |
| 6. | a detail that is the result of retouching |
| 7. | a photograph, painting, etc, that has been retouched |
| 8. | archaeol fine percussion to shape flakes of stone into usable tools |
| re'touchable | |
| —adj | |
| re'toucher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
retouch
1650, from Fr. retoucher (13c.) "to touch again" (with a view to improving)," from re- "again" + toucher (see touch).
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