1. present participle of dele; marking text for deletion in proofreading
Usage: printing; editing

Examples

• The editor was deleing unnecessary words from the manuscript.
• She spent the morning deleing redundant phrases in the article.
• The proofreader was carefully deleing typos throughout the document.
• After deleing the errors, the text was ready for publication.
• The copyeditor was deleing outdated references from the textbook.