Definitions from Wiktionary (garble)
▸ verb: To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
▸ verb: To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.]
▸ verb: To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt. [14th–19th c.]
▸ noun: Confused or unintelligible speech.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Mutilation.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
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▸ verb: To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
▸ verb: To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.]
▸ verb: To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt. [14th–19th c.]
▸ noun: Confused or unintelligible speech.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Mutilation.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
Similar:
Opposite:
Types:
misquote,
misrepresentation,
distortion,
exaggeration,
outright lie,
falsehood,
bald-faced lie,
whopper,
more...
Adjectives:
unintelligible,
meaningless,
dreary,
indecipherable,
incomprehensible,
telegraphic,
usual,
terrible,
hopeless,
unwished,
synchronous
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