retouch
Use Retouch in a sentence
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
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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 |
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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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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.
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