Synonyms of the word

redact

• v. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.
• v. (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically…
• v. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
• v. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
• v. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
• v. (obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a…
• v. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
• v. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
• v. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

articulate

• adj. clear, effective.
• adj. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner.
• adj. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals.
• adj. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
• adj. (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
• n. (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
• v. To make clear or effective.
• v. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
• v. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
• v. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
• v. (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
• v. (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints.
• v. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.

cast

• v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
• v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
• v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
• v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
• v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
• v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
• v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
• v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
• v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
• v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
• v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
• v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
• v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
• v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
• v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
• n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
• n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
• n. The casting procedure.
• n. An object made in a mould.
• n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
• n. The mould used to make cast objects.
• n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
• n. A squint.
• n. Visual appearance.
• n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
• n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
• n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
• n. A group of crabs.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

couch

• n. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
• n. A bed, a resting-place.
• n. (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
• n. (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied…
• v. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
• v. (archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved…
• v. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
• v. (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
• v. (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
• v. (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
• v. (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
• v. (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with…
• v. (paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould…
• v. (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
• v. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
• n. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

edit

• n. A change to the text of a document.
• n. (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
• v. To change a text, or a document.
• v. (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.
• v. (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, programme etc.
• v. (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
• v. To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.

editor

• n. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
• n. A copy editor.
• n. A person who edited a specific document.
• n. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones…
• n. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film.
• n. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
• n. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order…

formulate

• v. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement…

frame

• v. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
• v. (transitive) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent…
• v. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan;…
• v. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
• v. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
• v. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
• v. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
• v. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
• v. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
• n. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
• n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
• n. The structure of a person's body.
• n. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
• n. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
• n. A context for understanding or interpretation.
• n. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win)…
• n. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
• n. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but…
• n. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although…
• n. (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
• n. (film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of…
• n. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
• n. (baseball, slang) An inning.
• n. (engineering, dated, chiefly Britain) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
• n. (dated) frame of mind; disposition.
• n. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
• n. (dated, video games) A stage or level of a video game.
• n. (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
• n. (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

phrase

• n. A short written or spoken expression.
• n. (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually…
• n. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
• n. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
• v. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
• v. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
• v. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.

put

• v. To place something somewhere.
• v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
• v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
• v. To express something in a certain manner.
• v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
• v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
• v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
• v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
• v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
• v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
• v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
• v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
• n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
• n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
• n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
• n. An old card game.
• n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.

redactor

• n. A person who redacts; an editor or compiler of texts.

reviser

• n. One who revises.
• n. (translation studies) A person who verifies the quality of a translated text in professional translation…

rewriter

• n. One who, or that which, rewrites.

word

• n. The smallest unit of language which has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest…
• n. Something which is like such a unit of language.
• n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.
• n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech.
• n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting…
• n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
• n. News; tidings (used without an article).
• n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
• n. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
• n. A brief discussion or conversation.
• n. (in the plural) See words.
• n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
• n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
• v. (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
• v. (transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
• v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
• interj. (slang, African American Vernacular) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement…
• interj. (slang, emphatic, stereotypically, African American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement…
• v. Alternative form of worth (to become).