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