Definizione monolingua

garble

garble (third-person singular simple present garbles, present participle garbling, simple past and past participle garbled)

1. (obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
3. To make false by mutilation or addition

   The editor garbled the story.

Definizione dizionario garble

distorcere

travisare

Altri significati:

(obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

To make false by mutilation or addition