"airbrush" meaning in English

See airbrush in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: airbrushes [plural]
Etymology: From air + brush. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|brush}} air + brush Head templates: {{en-noun}} airbrush (plural airbrushes)
  1. A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs. Derived forms: airbrusher, airtist Translations (handheld paint sprayer powered by compressed air): aerográf [masculine] (Albanian), aerográfi [masculine] (Albanian), aerògraf [masculine] (Catalan), kynäruisku (Finnish), retussiruisku (Finnish), aérographe [masculine] (French), Airbrush [feminine] (German), aerdhathadóir [masculine] (Irish), aerograf [masculine] (Polish), aerógrafo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-airbrush-en-noun-vj8bkyiz Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 12 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: air brush, air-brush

Verb

Forms: airbrushes [present, singular, third-person], airbrushing [participle, present], airbrushed [participle, past], airbrushed [past]
Etymology: From air + brush. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|brush}} air + brush Head templates: {{en-verb}} airbrush (third-person singular simple present airbrushes, present participle airbrushing, simple past and past participle airbrushed)
  1. To paint using an airbrush.
    Sense id: en-airbrush-en-verb--thdV8q4 Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 12 34 36
  2. To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead. Synonyms (enhance a photograph): photoshop, doctor
    Sense id: en-airbrush-en-verb-UmwMdUOU Categories (other): Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 15 7 47 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 12 34 36 Disambiguation of 'enhance a photograph': 3 90 8
  3. (by extension, figurative) To edit or alter something in order to make it appear better. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-airbrush-en-verb-pW1MoEW6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 27 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 19 26 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 14 25 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 14 20 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 10 31 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 11 13 29 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 10 31 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 17 24 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 13 20 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 9 28 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 12 34 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 14 22 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: air brush, air-brush

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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