Definition of edit

Overview of verb edit

The verb edit has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) edit, redact

(prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages")

2. edit

(supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years")

3. edit, cut, edit out

(cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape")

4. edit, blue-pencil, delete

(cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes")