Garbling

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert

"to garble a quotation"

2.verbTo make false by mutilation or addition

"The editor garbled the story."

3.verbTo sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt

"to garble spices"

4.nounThe act by which something is garbled or confused.

5.nounThe process of removing the unwanted substances present in crude drugs after drying.

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