retouching
retouching is the present participle and gerund of retouch.
Meaning of retouch
Verb
retouch (third-person singular simple present retouches, present participle retouching, simple past and past participle retouched)
- To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
- For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand;
Retouch your figures with his ripening hand;
Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint;
Add every grace, which time alone can grant;
To future ages ſhall your fame convey,
And give more beauties than he takes away.a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […]...
- For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand;
- To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.
- To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
Noun
retouching (plural retouchings)
- A retouch.
Forms of retouching
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Phrases with retouching
Questions about retouching
- What does retouching mean?
- Retouching means a retouch.
- What is retouching the present participle and gerund of?
- Retouching is the present participle and gerund of retouch.
- What part of speech is retouching?
- Retouching is a noun.
- What is the plural of retouching?
- The plural of retouching is retouchings.
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