retouch

From French retoucher

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtʌt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

retouch (third-person singular simple present retouches, present participle retouching, simple past and past participle retouched)

1. (transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
2. (transitive) To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.
3. (archaeology) To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.

retouch (plural retouches)

1. The act of retouching.

• Hectour, hectour, toucher