Meaning of "garble" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GARBLE

From Old Italian garbellare to strain, sift, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin crībellum small sieve, from crībrum sieve.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GARBLE

garble  [ˈɡɑːbəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARBLE

Garble is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb garble in English.

WHAT DOES GARBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of garble in the English dictionary

The first definition of garble in the dictionary is to jumble, esp unintentionally. Other definition of garble is to distort the meaning of, as by making misleading omissions; corrupt. Garble is also to select the best part of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GARBLE

PRESENT

Present

I garble

you garble

he/she/it garbles

we garble

you garble

they garble

Present continuous

I am garbling

you are garbling

he/she/it is garbling

we are garbling

you are garbling

they are garbling

Present perfect

I have garbled

you have garbled

he/she/it has garbled

we have garbled

you have garbled

they have garbled

Present perfect continuous

I have been garbling

you have been garbling

he/she/it has been garbling

we have been garbling

you have been garbling

they have been garbling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I garbled

you garbled

he/she/it garbled

we garbled

you garbled

they garbled

Past continuous

I was garbling

you were garbling

he/she/it was garbling

we were garbling

you were garbling

they were garbling

Past perfect

I had garbled

you had garbled

he/she/it had garbled

we had garbled

you had garbled

they had garbled

Past perfect continuous

I had been garbling

you had been garbling

he/she/it had been garbling

we had been garbling

you had been garbling

they had been garbling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will garble

you will garble

he/she/it will garble

we will garble

you will garble

they will garble

Future continuous

I will be garbling

you will be garbling

he/she/it will be garbling

we will be garbling

you will be garbling

they will be garbling

Future perfect

I will have garbled

you will have garbled

he/she/it will have garbled

we will have garbled

you will have garbled

they will have garbled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been garbling

you will have been garbling

he/she/it will have been garbling

we will have been garbling

you will have been garbling

they will have been garbling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would garble

you would garble

he/she/it would garble

we would garble

you would garble

they would garble

Conditional continuous

I would be garbling

you would be garbling

he/she/it would be garbling

we would be garbling

you would be garbling

they would be garbling

Conditional perfect

I would have garble

you would have garble

he/she/it would have garble

we would have garble

you would have garble

they would have garble

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been garbling

you would have been garbling

he/she/it would have been garbling

we would have been garbling

you would have been garbling

they would have been garbling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you garble
we let´s garble
you garble

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to garble

Past participle

garbled

Present Participle

garbling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GARBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «garble» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of garble

confuse · corrupt · distort · doctor · falsify · jumble · misinterpret · misquote · misreport · misrepresent · misstate · mistranslate · mutilate · pervert · slant · twist

TRANSLATION OF GARBLE

Find out the translation of garble to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of garble from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garble» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 断章取义
• Translator English - Spanish: garble
• English: garble
• Translator English - Hindi: मिथ्या अर्थ
• Translator English - Arabic: غربل
• Translator English - Russian: искажать
• Translator English - Portuguese: garble
• Translator English - Bengali: বিকৃত করা
• Translator English - French: brouillage
• Translator English - Malay: Garble
• Translator English - German: verstümmeln
• Translator English - Japanese: 文字化け
• Translator English - Korean: 왜곡하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Garble
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lựa ra
• Translator English - Tamil: garble
• Translator English - Marathi: गबाळ
• Translator English - Turkish: saptırmak
• Translator English - Italian: ingarbugliare
• Translator English - Polish: garble
• Translator English - Ukrainian: спотворювати
• Translator English - Romanian: trunchia
• Translator English - Greek: διαλέγω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verdraai
• Translator English - Swedish: garble
• Translator English - Norwegian: garble

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARBLE»

Discover the use of garble in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garble and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Intervention: Book One in the Galactic Milieu series

KLUCHNIKOV: The outcroppings inter[garble] . . . reconnoitre a bit farther . . . [ garble] on the rocks. Not amorphous, like the other, but with a kind of jellyfish radial symmetry. Like a thick pancake perhaps fifteen [garble] and two, three ...

Julian May, 2013

Rewrites

It was something like, “[garble garble garble] liked it [garble garble garble] funny and touching [garble garble] needs work [garble garble] Wednesday at three o' clock [garble garble garbleJ.” I went in the kitchen and tried to tell Joan what Helen ...

Neil Simon, 2012

Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities

gallimaufry - garble gallimaufry See hodgepodge. gallon See pint. garbage Five hundred years ago, it was not uncommon for a housewife to serve her family a supper of garbage, a meal they would devour with relish. The family relished such ...

Mark Morton, 2004

Flying Magazine

garbled . . . garbled . . . garbled you are cleared to garble five througarble and cross Metuchen Intergarble . . five garble. After passing garble garble three thousand on garble west leg of Newark Range . . . expect final approach garblance at ...

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The shipmaster's assistant, and owner's manual: cont. ...

0 0J ginger, per 100 lb 0 9 — — ginger, garble. See Garble. licorice, per 112 lb 0 1J « mace, per 100 lb 1 C — □ mace, garble. Sec Garble. — — nutmegs, per 100 lb. . . 1 0 i pepper, per 100 lb 0 C pepper, garble. See Garble. — — prunes, per ...

David Steel, ... Kelly, 1826

A General Commercial Dictionary ... Second edition, with ... ...

Fustians; English Milla-in 'ppiece con. -1 half-pieces of 15 yards each Venetian, English make '9 15 yards Galls - - 1p 1 121B Garble; of almonds 1) 11915 of cloves 1;» mob of ginger 'p 100i!) of mace 1p 100lb of pepper 'p lOOflg Glass, broken ...

Thomas MORTIMER (Vice-Consul for the Austrian Netherlands.), William DICKINSON (of London.), 1823

A practical book of customs, with excise, upon all foreign ...

Frankincense per 1 1 2 lb. Furs. See Skins. Fusdans; EnglSih Millain, per piece, cont. 2 half pieces of 1 5 yds. ea. Venedan, Englishmake.pen 5 yds. Galls per 1 1 2 lb. Garble ; of Almonds. . . per 10e lb. of Cloves per 1Si lb. of Ginger per 100 lb.

Edward James Mascall, 1801

The ship-master's assistant, and owner's manual. [With]

Fustians ; English millain, per piece containing 2 half pieces of 15 yards each 0 Venetian, English make, per 15 yards 0 Galls, per 112 1b 0 Garble ; of almonds, per 112 lb. . 0 of cloves, per 100 lb. . . 0 of ginger, per 100 lb 0 of mace, per 100 lb  ...

David Steel, I Stikeman, 1832

A general commercial dictionary: comprehending trade, ...

Furs. Sec Skins. Fustians; English Millain TP piece con. 2 half-pieces of 15 yards each □ Venetian, English make TP li yards Galls Garble ; of almonds ' of cloves — of ginger — — — of mace — ^— of pepper Glass, broken. See B. TP 112ft TP ...

Thomas Mortimer, William Dickinson, 1819

Principles of Avionics

5.15.4 Reducing Garble TCAS faced a challenge due to garble, particularly from ATCRBS transponders. It is an interrogator and shares the problems of a ground interrogator, except it is restricted by weight, size and cost. The range of a TCAS ...

Albert Helfrick, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term garble is used in the context of the following news items.

Cursing Minion Happy Meal Toy Makes Mom Die Inside: Opinion

Garble. Bang! "What the f---?" "He says, 'What the f---!'" my sweet angel proudly announced. And a little part of me died inside. I'm pretty sure ... «WFMY News 2, Jul 15»

Mothers of autistic children find comfort at local preschool

She wasn't uttering any typical baby garble. She wasn't indicating hunger in any way, Brown noticed. As she grew, Claira Beth became prone ... «Anniston Star, Jul 15»

Postcard: Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Dressage Training …

His announcements of station stops were crystal clear and so polite, unlike the garble one tries to decipher on much of the mass transit in the ... «Practical Horseman Magazine, Jul 15»

'Terminator Genisys': Well, He Said He'd Be Back / iBerkshires.com …

... presence in the movie house is meant to at long last solve the space-time continuum, I suggest you let all the techno garble wash over you. «iBerkshires.com, Jul 15»

Film, Times & Events: Week of July 10

Finally, the makers of children's films have figured it out—that, and the sly adult jokes that in the minion nonsensical garble, which somehow ... «Good Times, Jul 15»

Review: Yellow critters go gaga in 'Minions'

English, Spanish and French phrases pop up and then get swallowed in unintelligible garble. Certain words — "Kumbaya!" and "King Bob! «The Detroit News, Jul 15»

Gigabyte P37X Review

The overall sound was flat and muffled, and although the speakers didn't garble anything, they didn't highlight anything, either. Although the ... «Laptop Mag, Jul 15»

Why can't we watch the police?

... in the same way the police handle civilian privacy when the department is partnered with “reality” shows: You blur facial images and garble ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

Phil Walsh murder: A giant heart beats no more

And when the punchline loomed, an excited Walsh would quicken and heighten his speech, so by the end, his garble of words and maniacal ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

Death toll from capsized Philippine ferry rises to 51

(Story refiles to remove garble from headline). (Reporting by Rosemarie Francisco and Karen Lema; Editing by Nick Macfie). Passengers of the ... «Reuters, Jul 15»