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air-brush

air-brush is the alternative spelling of airbrush.

Meaning of airbrush

Verb

airbrush (third-person singular simple present airbrushes, present participle airbrushing, simple past and past participle airbrushed)

  1. To paint using an airbrush.
  2. To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
    • This photo has definitely been airbrushed; no one has skin this smooth.
    Synonyms:
    photoshop, doctor
  3. (broadly, figuratively) To edit or alter something in order to make it appear better.
    • They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to.2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 287

See all 4 meanings of airbrush

Forms of air-brush

Verb
third-person singular presentair-brushes
present participleair-brushing
past participleair-brushed
pastair-brushed
Noun
pluralair-brushes

Questions about air-brush

What is air-brush the alternative spelling of?
Air-brush is the alternative spelling of airbrush.

Words near air-brush in the dictionary

  1. air-blown asphalts
  2. air-box
  3. air-boxes
  4. air-braked
  5. air-breathing
  6. air-brush
  7. air-brushed
  8. air-brushes
  9. air-brushing
  10. air-built
  11. air-burst

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