retouch

retouch
    v 1: give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots"
    2: alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This
       photograph has been retouched!" [syn: {touch up}, {retouch}]
    

Retouch \Re*touch"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + touch: cf. F.
   retoucher.]
   1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise;
      as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
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   2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by
      handwork.
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Retouch \Re*touch"\, n. (Fine Arts)
   A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay
   model, or the like.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "retouch":
      adjust, adulterate, brighten up, brush up, cook, correct, doctor,
      fake, finish, fix, freshen, furbish, furbish up, improve, juggle,
      load, manipulate, pack, plant, polish, polish up, recondition,
      refresh, renovate, repair, restore, revive, rig, rub up, salt,
      shine, sophisticate, spruce, spruce up, stack, tamper with,
      tone up, touch up, vamp, vamp up