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Definition of garble:
- Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; - also called garblings.
- Refuse; rubbish.
- To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
- To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.
Synonyms:
interpolate, mislead, wangle, strain, falsify, cook, alter, tinge, fake, buckle, twine, colour, fudge, color, distort, warp, mislead, contort, wring, manipulate, heave.
- misinterpret (part of speech: verb)