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# doctored

verb, adjective (doctor, doctors, doctored, doctoring)

«doctored» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (of a pet) neutered, had an operation so it cannot have babies (old-fashioned, US). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#m1)
2. changed in a dishonest way (a doctored photo). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#m2)
3. treated medically, in a simple way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#m3)

### In the lessons

The pet sense is an old American country euphemism; the «changed dishonestly» sense is very common in news and police talk. All regions.

### Examples

- The photo had been doctored to add a ghost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x1)
- We had our tomcat doctored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x2)
- Police found the documents were doctored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x3)
- She doctored her drink with extra sugar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x4)
- The receipts were doctored to hide the money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x5)
- Grandma doctored my cut knee with a plaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x6)
- When he had doctored people awhile, but not long, a rich and great lord had some money stolen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/#x7)

### Note

Trap: in news «doctored» means faked. Not about becoming a doctor.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doctored» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctored/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doctored» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doctored.html) on Mova free.