# retouch

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈtʌtʃ/ · frequency rank #76,273

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

## Etymology
From French retoucher.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/retouch