airbrushed
past simple and past participle ofairbrush
airbrush
verb[T]
uk/ˈeə.brʌʃ/us/ˈer.brʌʃ/to use an airbrush tocoverorimprovetheappearanceof something:
picturesof airbrushedmodels
It's soobviousin thephotothat herwrinkleshave been airbrushedout(=removedfrom thephotographwith an airbrush).
torepresentsomething as being different from how it really is:
It'salmostas if therevolutionaryleadershave been airbrushedout ofhistory(=ignoredby theofficialversionofhistory).
Photography
- airbrush
- analogue
- aperture
- bokeh
- camera
- camera obscura
- expose
- glossy
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holographic
- holography
- kinetoscope
- pap
- pic
- picture
- PillCam
- pin-up
- pinhole camera
- projection
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Examplesofairbrushed
airbrushed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
She looks almost as though she has donned a smooth carapace with wrinkles and ambiguous edgesairbrushedout.
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This violence can easily beairbrushedout.
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Their dealings and activities areairbrushedin such a way that, in effect, they become folk heroes within their own country.
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Once again, we are facing theairbrushedtheory of history.
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This allowed his unsavoury image to be somewhatairbrushedwith a veneer of spurious respectability.
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It has beenairbrushedfrom all subsequent publications on productivity.
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All references to bad news wereairbrushedout and it contained a number of political aspirations better located in an election manifesto.
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In many cases they may well be social events, but the conclusion of the chase cannot beairbrushedfrom the argument.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder was ignored,airbrushedout of medical history as if it simply did not exist.
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The best indication of future performance is past performance—that cannot beairbrushedout of history.
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Local authorities are worried that they appear to be "airbrushedout" of the system here.
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It had beenairbrushedout.
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The woman and the words on the blackboard were laterairbrushedout.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Created in 1973,airbrushedacrylic on paper-covered wood, it measures 70by 100.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A large amount of the work is done by hand, from design sketches toairbrushedpaint.
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