Associations to the word «Retouch»
Noun
Wiktionary
RETOUCH, verb. (transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
RETOUCH, verb. (transitive) To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.
RETOUCH, verb. (archaeology) To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
RETOUCH, noun. The act of retouching.
Dictionary definition
RETOUCH, verb. Give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots".
RETOUCH, verb. Alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.