English-Finnish translations for garble

• vääristellä

Definition of garble

• To pick out such parts as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
• To make false by mutilation or addition
• To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt
• Confused or unintelligible speech
• Refuse; rubbish
• Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings

Examples

• to garble a quotation
• to garble an account
• The editor garbled the story.
• to garble spices

Related words

• garb
• garbage
• garbo
• garbanzo
• garbologist
• garboard
• sugarbush
• sugarbushes
• garbology