Retouch

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Retouch \Re*touch"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + touch: cf. F.
     retoucher.]
     1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise;
        as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
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     2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by
        handwork.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Retouch \Re*touch"\, n. (Fine Arts)
     A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay
     model, or the like.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  retouch
       v 1: give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots"
       2: alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This
          photograph has been retouched!" [syn: {touch up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "retouch":
     adjust, adulterate, brighten up, brush up, cook, correct, doctor,
     fake, finish, fix, freshen, furbish, furbish up, improve, juggle,
     load, manipulate, pack, plant, polish, polish up, recondition,
     refresh, renovate, repair, restore, revive, rig, rub up, salt,
     shine, sophisticate, spruce, spruce up, stack, tamper with,
     tone up, touch up, vamp, vamp up