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airbrush

air·brush
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [air-bruhsh]
    • /ˈɛərˌbrʌʃ/
    • /ˈeə.brʌʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [air-bruhsh]
    • /ˈɛərˌbrʌʃ/

Definitions of airbrush word

  • countable noun airbrush An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface. 3
  • verb airbrush To airbrush a photograph or other image means to change it using an airbrush, especially to make it more beautiful or perfect. 3
  • noun airbrush an atomizer for spraying paint or varnish by means of compressed air 3
  • verb airbrush to paint or varnish (something) by using an airbrush 3
  • verb airbrush to improve the image of (a person or thing) by concealing defects beneath a bland exterior 3
  • noun airbrush a kind of atomizer operated by compressed air and used for spraying on paint or other liquid 3

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Origin of airbrush

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; air1 + brush1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Airbrush

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

airbrush popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

airbrush usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for airbrush

noun airbrush

  • spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
  • atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
  • diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
  • spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.

verb airbrush

  • colour — The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
  • color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
  • blend — If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance.
  • touch up — the act or state of touching; state or fact of being touched.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.

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