blue-pencil

blue-pen·cil

(blo͞o′pĕn′səl)

tr.v. blue-pen·ciled, blue-pen·cil·ing, blue-pen·cils also blue-pen·cilled or blue-pen·cil·ling

To edit, revise, or correct with or as if with a blue pencil.

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blue′-pen′cil

v.t. -ciled, -cil•ing (esp. Brit.) -cilled, -cil•ling.

to alter, delete, or edit with or as if with a blue pencil.

[1885–90]

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blue-pencil

Past participle: blue-pencilled
Gerund: blue-pencilling

Imperative

blue-pencil

blue-pencil

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

blue-pencil - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" delete, edit censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

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Translations

blue-pencil

[ˈbluːˈpensl] VT → tachar con lápiz negro (en la censura)
see also blue D

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