garble
To pick out such parts as may serve a purpose not intended by the original authorTo pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
» Someone left me a voice mail but it was all garbled. I couldn't understand a thing.
Кто-то оставил мне голосовое сообщение, но оно неразборчивое. Я не могу ничего понять.
Meaning
4 sensesTo pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
to garble a quotation
to garble an account
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To make false by mutilation or addition.
The editor garbled the story.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
The announcement was completely garbled.
(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.
to garble spices
Examples
2 sentencesSomeone left me a voice mail but it was all garbled. I couldn't understand a thing.
ruКто-то оставил мне голосовое сообщение, но оно неразборчивое. Я не могу ничего понять. — caponych
Many programs leave Japanese text garbled and unreadable.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval LatinFrom Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”).
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Forms
garbles, garbling, garbled, garbledSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle