zero out (English, verb)
expansion: zero out (third-person singular simple present zeroes out or zeros out, present participle zeroing out, simple past and past participle zeroed out)
Senses:
glosses: To reduce to zero.
tags: transitive
glosses: To cut off funding for (a project).
tags: transitive
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To fill with zeros, replacing any previous contents.
tags: transitive
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: To press or dial 0 in order to escape a voicemail recording facility and speak to an operator.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To go bankrupt.
tags: intransitive
slang
Forms:
form: zeroes out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: zeros out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: zeroing out
tags: participle
present
form: zeroed out
tags: participle
past
form: zeroed out
tags: past