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Definition of airbrush verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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
  2. 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.
See airbrush in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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