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airbrush

Pronunciation: /ˈɛːbrʌʃ/
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Definition of airbrush

noun

  • an artist’s device for spraying paint by means of compressed air.

verb

[with object]
  • paint with an airbrush: the cab was airbrushed with a mural of a sunset
  • alter or conceal (a photograph or a detail in one) using an airbrush: a picture of a man with wings airbrushed on to his shoulders
  • represent or describe as better or more beautiful than in reality:many lived through the disasters and know that the past has been airbrushed

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