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uncrop

uncrop verb: to undo the cropping of (an image).

Verb

uncrop (third-person singular simple present uncrops, present participle uncropping, simple past and past participle uncropped)

  1. (transitive) To undo the cropping of (an image).
    • You can crop any part of a pdf. When you crop it, Preview actually keeps track of the part of the document you deleted and hangs on to it in case you want to uncrop the file, even after you've saved it.2010, Robin Williams, John Tollett, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: A Quick Reference Guide to Mastering Snow Leopard! (Peachpit Learning Series), Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 202
    • In other words, if you rotate a photo, crop it, and then change its contrast, you have to use the Undo command three times—first to undo the contrast change, then to uncrop, and finally to unrotate.2014, David Pogue, Lesa Snider, iPhoto: The Missing Manual, page 123

Forms of uncrop

third-person singular presentuncrops
present participleuncropping
past participleuncropped
pastuncropped

Origin of uncrop

From un- + crop.

Questions about uncrop

What does uncrop mean?
Uncrop means to undo the cropping of (an image).
What part of speech is uncrop?
Uncrop is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncrop?
The past tense of uncrop is uncropped.

Words near uncrop in the dictionary

  1. uncrocheted
  2. uncrook
  3. uncrooked
  4. uncrooking
  5. uncrooks
  6. uncrop
  7. uncropped
  8. uncropping
  9. uncrops
  10. uncropt
  11. uncross

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