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retouch
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
retouch
(verb)
retouch
/ri
ˈ
tʌtʃ/
verb
retouches
;
retouched
;
retouching
retouch
/ri
ˈ
tʌtʃ/
verb
retouches
;
retouched
;
retouching
Britannica Dictionary definition of RETOUCH
[
+ object
]
:
to make small changes to (something, such as a photograph) in order to improve the way it looks
The photo had been
retouched
to remove the wrinkles around his eyes.
a
retouched
photograph
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— retouching
noun
[
noncount
]
They did a lot of
retouching
to her picture.
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