"gray out" meaning in English

See gray out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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. (graphical user interface) To make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable. Synonyms: ghost Related terms: grayed out, grayed-out Translations (to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable): harmauttaa (Finnish), griser (French), ausgrauen (German), {{t|1=hu|2=kiszürkít}} (Hungarian), 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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          "colour",
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          "indicate",
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          "disabled",
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        "(graphical user interface) To make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable."
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          "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
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          "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
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          "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
          "word": "グレーアウトする"
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          "word": "グレイアウトする"
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        "(graphical user interface) To make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable."
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      "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
      "word": "griser"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
      "word": "ausgrauen"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
      "word": "{{t|1=hu|2=kiszürkít}}"
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      "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
      "word": "グレーアウトする"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable",
      "word": "グレイアウトする"
    }
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  "word": "gray out"
}

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