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Zoom

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Noun

1. rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom

a rapid rise

2. soar, zoom

the act of rising upward into the air

Verb

3. whizz, whizz along, zoom, zoom along

move along very quickly

4. zoom

move with a low humming noise

5. soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom

rise rapidly

Example Sentences:
'the dollar soared against the yen'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Zoom

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verb
1. 
to make or cause to make a continuous buzzing or humming sound
2. 
to move or cause to move with such a sound
3. (intransitive)
to move very rapidly; rush
we zoomed through town
4. 
to cause (an aircraft) to climb briefly at an unusually steep angle, or (of an aircraft) to climb in this way
5. (intransitive)
(of prices) to rise rapidly
noun
6. 
the sound or act of zooming
7.  zoom lens

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Zoom

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verb intransitive
1. 
to make a loud, low-pitched, buzzing or humming sound
2. 
to move with a zooming sound
3. 
to climb in an airplane suddenly and sharply at an angle greater than normal, using the energy of momentum
4. 
to rise rapidly
prices zoomed
5. 
to change the focal length of a zoom lens so as to change the apparent distance of the object being viewed
verb transitive
6. 
to cause to zoom
noun
7. 
the act of zooming
8. 
a zooming sound
9. 
zoom lens
10.  Cinema
a. 
the effect of a camera moving toward or away from a subject by using a zoom lens
b. 
a shot using this effect
adjective
11. 
equipped with or having to do with a zoom lens
a zoom telescope

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Zoom

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v. zoomed, zoom·ing, zooms
v.intr.
1.
a. To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound: I heard a plane zooming overhead.
b. To move while making such a sound: couldn't hear as the motorcycle zoomed past.
2. To move rapidly: comets that zoom through space.
3. To increase suddenly and dramatically: Stock prices zoomed in early trading.
4. To act or proceed swiftly and energetically: zoomed through the novel in a day.
5. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.
6. Computers To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
v.tr.
To cause to zoom.
n.
1. The act or sound of zooming.
2. A zoom lens.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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