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re·touch
/
v.
riˈtʌtʃ;
n.
ˈriˌtʌtʃ, riˈtʌtʃ
/
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[
v.
ree-
tuhch
;
n.
ree
-tuhch, ree-
tuhch
]
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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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a shot that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other.
a more recent version of an older film
a small board with a hinged stick clapped down at the beginning of a shot, used later to synchronize sound and image in the editing of the film
to record music or sound effects before filming begins, as to facilitate synchronization
a shot in which parts of the background and foreground are masked so that a different background or foreground can be substituted during printing
a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off
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Origin:
1675–85;
<
Middle French
retoucher,
equivalent to
re-
re-
+
toucher
to
touch
Related forms
re·touch·a·ble,
adjective
re·touch·er,
noun
un·re·touched,
adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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retouch
(riːˈtʌtʃ)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Digitally
retouch
images in order to enhance or soften photographs.
Retouch
photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects.
Anyone liking his product cannot be satisfied by the results and will use any
occasion to
retouch
his work.
He also often enlarged them to make prints as big as twenty-one inches wide and
to
retouch
portions of the pictures easily.
Enter data, such as coordinates of images and color specifications, into system to
retouch
and make color corrections.
They also scan old photographs and
retouch
them on the computer.
Pressure
retouch
on the dorsal surface is less extensive and invasive, mostly occurring along the proximal half of one margin.
Both examples are crudely shaped by primary chipping without
retouch
.
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