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defloated

defloated is the simple past and past participle of defloat.

Meaning of defloat

Verb

defloat (third-person singular simple present defloats, present participle defloating, simple past and past participle defloated)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a visual element such as a tool palette) no longer to float over the rest of the application.
    • Watch out for operations that defloat the selection. Deselecting the image defloats it, of course. You also defloat a selection if you clone it by Option-dragging, modify the selection outline by Shiftdragging, or enter the quick mask mode.1995, Deke McClelland, Photoshop 3 for Macs for Dummies, →ISBN

Questions about defloated

What is defloated the simple past and past participle of?
Defloated is the simple past and past participle of defloat.

Words near defloated in the dictionary

  1. deflexional
  2. deflexions
  3. deflexure
  4. deflexures
  5. defloat
  6. defloated
  7. defloating
  8. defloats
  9. deflocculant
  10. deflocculants
  11. deflocculate

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