"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]
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 Synonyms: grey out Related terms: grayed out, grayed-out Translations (Translations): harmauttaa (Finnish), griser (French), ausgrauen (German)

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