WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
air•brush /ˈɛrˌbrʌʃ/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a device that turns paint to a fine mist and sprays it.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to paint or decorate by using an airbrush.
  2. to remove or alter by or as if by means of an airbrush:airbrushed the blemishes from the picture.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
air•brush  (âr′brush′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an atomizer for spraying paint.

v.t. 
  1. to paint or decorate, using an airbrush:to airbrush murals; to airbrush silk kimonos.
  2. to remove or alter by or as by means of an airbrush:to airbrush facial lines from a photograph.
  3. to prettify or sanitize:airbrushed versions of modern history.
  • air1 + brush1 1885–90

airbrush, +v.t. 
  1. to prettify or sanitize:airbrushed versions of modern history.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
airbrush /ˈɛəˌbrʌʃ/ n
  1. an atomizer for spraying paint or varnish by means of compressed air
 vb (transitive)
  1. to paint or varnish (something) by using an airbrush
  2. to improve the image of (a person or thing) by concealing defects beneath a bland exterior: an airbrushed version of the government's record

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