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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. cut or eliminate;
- Example: "she edited the juiciest scenes"
[syn: edit, blue-pencil, delete]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bluenoser \Blue"nos`er\); a Nova Scotian potato, etc.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.] blue-pencil \blue-pencil\ v. t.
   to change, delete, or abridge (a portion of a text) with a
   blue pencil (or as if with a blue pencil), as in the editing
   process; -- of books, etc.
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blue-pencil
    v 1: cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn:
         edit, blue-pencil, delete]