Definitions
1.verbTo change a text, or a document.
2.verbTo be the editor of a publication."He edits the Chronicle."
3.verbTo change the contents of a file, website, etc."Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles."
4.verbTo alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
5.verbTo alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.
6.verbTo cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
7.verbTo lend itself to editing in a certain way.
8.nounAn act or instance of something being edited.