"gray out" meaning in All languages combined

See gray out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: grays out [present, singular, third-person], graying out [participle, present], grayed out [participle, past], grayed out [past], grey out [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gray out (third-person singular simple present grays out, present participle graying out, simple past and past participle grayed out)
  1. (computing, of a UI element) To make (a visual element) gray or lighter in color to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable. Wikipedia link: Grayed out Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Related terms: grayed out, grayed-out Translations (Translations): harmauttaa (Finnish), griser (French), ausgrauen (German), グレーアウトする (gurēauto suru) (Japanese), グレイアウトする (gureiauto suru) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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