retouch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give retouches to (hair)
    • retouch the roots
  2. verb alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
    touch up.
    • This photograph has been retouched!

WordNet

Re*touch" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. re- + touch: cf. F. retoucher.
Definitions
  1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
  2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
Re*touch" noun
Definitions
  1. (Fine Arts) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.

Webster 1913