Word Study
zoom
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun zoom has 2 senses
- zoom(n = noun.event) rapid climb, rapid growth - a rapid rise; Array is a kind of ascension, ascent, rise, rising
- zoom(n = noun.act) soar - the act of rising upward into the air; Array is a kind of ascending, ascension, ascent, rise
Derived form verb zoom3
Derived form verb zoom3
Verb zoom has 3 senses
- zoom(v = verb.motion) whizz, whizz along, zoom along - move along very quickly; Array is one way to hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip
- zoom(v = verb.motion) Array - move with a low humming noise; Array is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- zoom(v = verb.motion) soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge - rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
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Derived forms noun zoom2, noun zoom1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
zoom, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. move quickly, esp. with a buzzing sound.
2 a intr. cause an aeroplane to mount at high speed and a steep angle. b tr. cause (an aeroplane) to do this.
3 a intr. (of a camera) close up rapidly from a long shot to a close-up. b tr. cause (a lens or camera) to do this.
--n.
1 an aeroplane's steep climb.
2 a zooming camera shot.
--v.
1 intr. move quickly, esp. with a buzzing sound.
2 a intr. cause an aeroplane to mount at high speed and a steep angle. b tr. cause (an aeroplane) to do this.
3 a intr. (of a camera) close up rapidly from a long shot to a close-up. b tr. cause (a lens or camera) to do this.
--n.
1 an aeroplane's steep climb.
2 a zooming camera shot.
Idiom
zoom lens a lens allowing a camera to zoom by varying the focal length.
Etymology
imit.
THESAURUS
zoom
acrobatics, aerobatics, ascend, aspire, ball the jack, banking, barrel, become airborne, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, chandelle, claw skyward, climb, clip, crabbing, cut along, dive, diving, fishtailing, fleet, flit, float, fly, fly aloft, fly low, foot, gain altitude, glide, go fast, hang, highball, hoick, hover, kite, leave the ground, magnify, make knots, mount, nip, nose dive, outstrip the wind, plane, poise, pour it on, power dive, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, recede, rip, rolling, scorch, sideslip, sizzle, skim, soar, speed, spiral, spire, stall, storm along, stunting, sweep, tactical maneuvers, take off, tear, tear along, thunder along, volplaneROGET THESAURUS
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Velocity
VB move quickly, trip, fisk, speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle, scud, scuddle, scour, scour the plain, scamper, run like mad, beat it, fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush, cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel, scorch, burn up the track, rush, dash on, dash off, dash forward, bolt, trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom, march in quick time, march in double time, ride hard, get over the ground, hurry, accelerate, put on, quicken, quicken one's pace, mend one's pace, clap spurs to one's horse, make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way, put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score, carry sail, crowd sail, go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground, outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind, keep up with, keep pace with, outstrip, outmarch.
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