airbrush
verb/ˈeəbrʌʃ/
/ˈerbrʌʃ/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they airbrush | /ˈeəbrʌʃ/ /ˈerbrʌʃ/ |
| he / she / it airbrushes | /ˈeəbrʌʃɪz/ /ˈerbrʌʃɪz/ |
| past simple airbrushed | /ˈeəbrʌʃt/ /ˈerbrʌʃt/ |
| past participle airbrushed | /ˈeəbrʌʃt/ /ˈerbrʌʃt/ |
| -ing form airbrushing | /ˈeəbrʌʃɪŋ/ /ˈerbrʌʃɪŋ/ |
- to paint something with an airbrush; to change a detail in a photograph with an airbrush
- be airbrushed (out) Somebody had been airbrushed out of the picture.
- an airbrushed photograph of a model
- to describe something in a way that is not accurate to make it seem better than it really is
- be airbrushed out of something Some of these uncomfortable truths have been airbrushed out of history.
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