English - Turkish
Definition of bowdlerizes in English Turkish dictionary
- bowdlerize
- sansürlemek
- bowdlerize
- sansürle
- bowdlerize
- {f} ıslah etmek
- bowdlerize
- uygunsuz yeri çıkar
- bowdlerize
- bir eserden ahlaka aykırı olduğu düşünülen kısımları çıkarmak veya değiştirmek
- bowdlerize
- {f} uygunsuz kısımları çıkarmak
- bowdlerize
- {f} sansür uygulamak
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English - English
Definition of bowdlerizes in English English dictionary
- third-person singular of bowdlerize
- bowdlerize
- to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages
- bowdlerize
- To purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material
- bowdlerize
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel
- bowdlerize
- bowd·ler·ize bowdlerizes bowdlerizing bowdlerized in BRIT, also use bowdlerise disapproval To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it. I'm bowdlerizing it -- just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset. a bowdlerised version of the song. to remove all the parts of a book, play etc that you think might offend someone - used to show disapproval (Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor who removed impolite words from Shakespeare's plays)
- bowdlerize
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- bowdlerize
- To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive
- bowdlerize
- {f} bowdlerise, censor literature, modify a written work by abridging in content, change a written work by distorting in style or content (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare's works)
- bowdlerize
- To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly