"blue-pencil" meaning in English

See blue-pencil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-blue-pencil.ogg Forms: blue-pencils [present, singular, third-person], blue-pencilling [UK, participle, present], blue-penciling [US, participle, present], blue-pencilled [UK, participle, past], blue-pencilled [UK, past], blue-penciled [US, participle, past], blue-penciled [US, past]
Etymology: From blue + pencil. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|pencil}} blue + pencil Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=blue-penciled|past2_qual=US|past_qual=UK|pres_ptc2=blue-penciling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|pres_ptc_qual=UK}} blue-pencil (third-person singular simple present blue-pencils, present participle (UK) blue-pencilling or (US) blue-penciling, simple past and past participle (UK) blue-pencilled or (US) blue-penciled)
  1. (transitive) To edit, especially to censor, written documents. Tags: transitive Translations (to edit written documents): редактирам (redaktiram) (Bulgarian), цензурирам (cenzuriram) (Bulgarian), 修改 (xiūgǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 刪除 (Chinese Mandarin), 删除 (shānchú) (Chinese Mandarin), käyttää punakynää (Finnish), caviarder (French)
    Sense id: en-blue-pencil-en-verb-b4knYFGt Disambiguation of 'to edit written documents': 95 5
  2. (politics, slang) To use a line-item veto. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Politics Translations (use a line-item veto): 行使部分否決權 (Chinese Mandarin), 行使部分否决权 (xíngshǐ bùfen fǒujuéquán) (Chinese Mandarin), käyttää punakynää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-blue-pencil-en-verb-S8PmEWC7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 85 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'use a line-item veto': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: red-pencil, blue pencil doctrine

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to edit written documents",
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      "sense": "to edit written documents",
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