air brush

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

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