Definitions for retouch

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retouch re·touch

Spelling: [verb ree-tuhch; noun ree-tuhch, ree-

IPA: /verb riˈtʌtʃ; noun ˈriˌtʌtʃ, riˈtʌtʃ/

Retouch is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in retouch (cehortu).

Definitions for retouch

noun

1. an added touch to a picture, painting, paint job, etc., by way of improvement or alteration.
2. an act or instance of dyeing new growth of hair to blend with previously dyed hair.

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.

Origin of retouch

1675-85; Middle French retoucher, equivalent to re- re- + toucher to touch

Examples for retouch

You know there is a law which permits any modern poet to retouch a play of Aeschylus, and bring it forward as his own composition.

She could retouch the plate to give it the right effect, and paint in a moon.

Shall I call, when in the neighbourhood of Loughton Castle, and retouch it?

After it is dry, retouch the cheeks and lips with the same color.

Give me my palette; I want to retouch the forehead of my hero.

retouch it, therefore, trying to get the whole to look quite one piece.

This Celestial-living is here, at our door, but we cannot retouch it without Act of God.

So saying, he threw his watch and chain upon the man's neck; and taking up a chisel began immediately to retouch the statue.

retouch it therefore, trying to get the whole to look quite one piece.

She went in to criticise and retouch her mother's painstaking arrangements.