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defloating

defloating is the present participle and gerund 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 defloating

What is defloating the present participle and gerund of?
Defloating is the present participle and gerund of defloat.

Words near defloating in the dictionary

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

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