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RETOUCH
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they retouch ... he / she / it retouches
Past simple: retouched
Past participle: retouched
-ing form: retouching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
Example:
This photograph has been retouched!
Synonyms:
retouch; touch up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "retouch" is one way to...):
enhance (make better or more attractive)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give retouches to (hair)
Example:
retouch the roots
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "retouch" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
