photoshop
verb
pho·to·shop
ˈfō-(ˌ)tō-ˌshäp 
photoshopped; photoshopping; photoshops
often capitalized
: to alter (a digital image) with Photoshop software or other image-editing software especially in a way that distorts reality (as for deliberately deceptive purposes)
Examples of photoshop in a Sentence
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Feel free to photoshop your face onto this photo.
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Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
Overnight a copy of your résumé with something clever, funny or interesting—photoshop yourself into a team photo, send your brag book, create a QR code with an introduction video or solve a problem, for example—make an effort.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
Some fans even went so far as to photoshop Chandran out of Bridgerton key art that featured the central trio.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2022
The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension.
—New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
The meme-maker then photoshops in their top four favourite or recently listened to albums in place of the four that are pictures.
—Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2020
The meme-maker then photoshops in their top four favorite or recently listened to albums in place of the four that are pictures.
—Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2020
After posting a picture of her (gorgeous)(beautiful) cellulite on Instagram last week, the singer is staying true to her pledge to no longer photoshop her photos.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Sep. 2019
Here is the team photo at Pearl TV Tower in China where Kyrie Irving refused to remove his hat and instructed the Nets to photoshop it out.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2019
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Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
Overnight a copy of your résumé with something clever, funny or interesting—photoshop yourself into a team photo, send your brag book, create a QR code with an introduction video or solve a problem, for example—make an effort.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
Some fans even went so far as to photoshop Chandran out of Bridgerton key art that featured the central trio.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2022
The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension.
—New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
The meme-maker then photoshops in their top four favourite or recently listened to albums in place of the four that are pictures.
—Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2020
The meme-maker then photoshops in their top four favorite or recently listened to albums in place of the four that are pictures.
—Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2020
After posting a picture of her (gorgeous)(beautiful) cellulite on Instagram last week, the singer is staying true to her pledge to no longer photoshop her photos.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Sep. 2019
Here is the team photo at Pearl TV Tower in China where Kyrie Irving refused to remove his hat and instructed the Nets to photoshop it out.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2019
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Etymology
Photoshop, trademark for an image-manipulation software product
First Known Use
1992, in the meaning defined above
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“Photoshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoshop. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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photoshop
verb
pho·to·shop
ˈfōt-(ˌ)ō-ˌshäp
photoshopped; photoshopping
often capitalized
: to alter an image with computer software
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