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# photoshop

«photoshop» in Mova's school dictionary: **A computer program used to edit pictures** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (photoshop, photoshops, photoshopped, photoshopping); noun (Photoshop – the program, a trademark)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Photoshop, noun) A computer program used to edit pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#m1)

2) (verb, informal) To change a photo digitally, often to make it look better or to fake something that did not happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In media and online-safety lessons: many pictures in ads and online are photoshopped, so bodies, faces and events may not look like real life. Fake photoshopped images can spread lies. In art and design lessons: editing photos is a real skill. Phrases: «photoshopped picture», «badly photoshopped», «photoshop out».

### examples

- The magazine photoshopped the model to make her look taller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x1)
- That picture of a shark on the motorway is photoshopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x2)
- Dad photoshopped my brother out of the holiday picture as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x3)
- Many photos online are photoshopped, so don't compare yourself to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x4)
- My sister learned Photoshop in her design class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x5)
- You can tell it's photoshopped because the shadows are wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x6)
- Can you photoshop a hat onto the dog? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/#x7)

### note

As a program name it takes a capital P (Photoshop), because it is a trademark; as an informal verb it is often written lower case. Doubles the p: photoshopped, photoshopping. Being able to spot edited images is part of checking facts online.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «photoshop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.