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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unfocus en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + focus.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bring out of focus.
    • Pancake writes: “If you can unfocus your eyes right — and Corey can — wading the creek is like walking the aisle of a Wal-Mart made for Corey, with all the price tags saying free.” 2007 October 14, Jack Pendarvis, “Buried Alive”, in New York Times:
  2. (transitive) To move the input focus away from.
    • to unfocus a window

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unfocussing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unfocused Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unfocused Tense=Past lexicographic
unfocusing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unfocusses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unfocussed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unfocussed Tense=Past lexicographic
unfocuses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

blur (move input focus from)