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❌ To close a window ✏️ To cross out
to X-ed

to X-ed

8.0
To close a window or app by clicking its X button
  • verb
translation icon : cerrar
  • She quickly X-ed the annoying pop-up before it could load any ads.

Examples

  • If you accidentally X-ed the document, you can reopen it from the recent files list.

  • Did you forget to X that tab?

  • Whenever the program freezes, I just X-ed it and restart.

  • She X-ed the window before leaving.

  • If you accidentally X-ed the document, you can reopen it from the recent files list.

  • She quickly X-ed the annoying pop-up before it could load any ads.

  • Whenever the program freezes, I just X-ed it and restart.

Synonyms

to close
vsto X-ed
∞ 1.0

To shut something so it is not open

is limited to ending a user interface pane by clicking the top corner icon
to close the window
vsto X-ed
14 1.0

To shut a window so it is not open

does this by clicking the top corner icon to end the pane

Surface Forms

X-ed infinitive
X-d past
X-d past participle
X-ing present participle
X-eds third person singular

Morphology

X-ed = X (semi-transparent) = X + ed

The form is transparently built from the verb X plus the regular -ed ending, but the computer-interface sense is conventional rather than fully predictable for a learner.

Etymology

X-ed comes from the small X button you click in the corner of a computer window to close it. The X works like a quick 'stop' or 'end' sign for that window, so to X-ed a window is to close it.