Retouch
[riː'tʌtʃ] or [,ri'tʌtʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
(v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
(n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Repair, refit, touch up, rub up.[2]. Revise.
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Definition
v.t. to improve as a picture by new touches.—n. the reapplication of the artist's hand to a work: (phot.) the act of finishing and correcting.—ns. Retouch′er; Retouch′ment.—Retouching frame a desk formed of fine ground glass used for retouching negatives.
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Examples
- A portion of the picture once commenced, needs to be completely finished before leaving it, as fresco does not admit of retouching after the plaster has become dry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When this process is complete the impression is retouched by the engraver, and hardened and collared like the matrix. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On the morrow Santa Clara too was retouched more than once. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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