uncrop

present singular third person uncrops · participle present uncropping · participle past uncropped · past uncropped

1. transitivecomputingTo undo the cropping of (an image).

   In other words, if you rotate a photo, crop it, and then change its contrast, you have to use the Undo command three times—first to undo the contrast change, then to uncrop, and finally to unrotate.

   2014, David Pogue, Lesa Snider, iPhoto: The Missing Manual, page 123

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   You can crop any part of a pdf. When you crop it, Preview actually keeps track of the part of the document you deleted and hangs on to it in case you want to uncrop the file, even after you've saved it.

   2010, Robin Williams, John Tollett, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: A Quick Reference Guide to Mastering Snow Leopard! (Peachpit Learning Series), Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 202