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gray out

gray out verb: to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable.

Verb

gray out (third-person singular simple present grays out, present participle graying out, simple past and past participle grayed out)

  1. To make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable.
    Synonyms:
    ghost

Synonyms of gray out

Forms of gray out

third-person singular presentgrays out
present participlegraying out
past participlegrayed out
pastgrayed out
alternative formgrey out

Questions about gray out

What does gray out mean?
Gray out means to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable.
What part of speech is gray out?
Gray out is a verb.
What is the past tense of gray out?
The past tense of gray out is grayed out.

Words near gray out in the dictionary

  1. gray night
  2. gray nights
  3. gray noise
  4. gray nomad
  5. gray nomads
  6. gray out
  7. Gray Panther
  8. gray pine
  9. gray pines
  10. gray platelet syndrome
  11. gray plum

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