"touch up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-touch-up.ogg , En-au-touch up.ogg Forms: touches up [present, singular, third-person], touching up [participle, present], touched up [participle, past], touched up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|nolinkhead=1}} touch up (third-person singular simple present touches up, present participle touching up, simple past and past participle touched up)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (make finishing touches): retoucheren (Dutch), retoucher (French), retushar (Ido), retușa (Romanian), retocar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-touch_up-en-verb-qSyLm1-J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'make finishing touches': 85 15
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: feel up, pet, fondle Synonyms (to fondle or grope): caress Related terms: touch-up, feel up Translations (fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way): 吃豆腐 (chīdòufu) (Chinese Mandarin), lääppiä (Finnish), attoucher (French), peloter [informal] (French), meter mano (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-touch_up-en-verb-51arffv9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to fondle or grope': 4 96 Disambiguation of 'fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way': 2 98

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "make finishing touches",
      "word": "retoucheren"
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      "sense": "make finishing touches",
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      "sense": "make finishing touches",
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      "sense": "make finishing touches",
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      "sense": "make finishing touches",
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