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zoom
(zo͞om)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.
[Imitative.]
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zoom
(zuːm)vb
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. (intr) to move very rapidly; rush: we zoomed through town.
4. (Aeronautics) to cause (an aircraft) to climb briefly at an unusually steep angle, or (of an aircraft) to climb in this way
5. (Commerce) (intr) (of prices) to rise rapidly
n
6. the sound or act of zooming
7. (Photography) See zoom lens
[C20: of imitative origin]
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zoom
(zum)v.i.
1. to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound.
2. to fly a plane suddenly and sharply upward at great speed for a short distance.
3. to move or go rapidly.
4. to bring a photographic subject, movie scene, etc., into closeup or cause it to recede by using a zoom lens (often fol. by in or out).
5. to increase or rise suddenly and sharply.
v.t. 6. to cause to zoom or be zoomed.
7. zoom in on,
n. a. to bring (a subject, scene, etc.) into closeup by using a zoom lens.
b. to examine more closely; focus on.
8. the act or process of zooming.
9. a zooming sound.
10. zoom lens.
11. a camera shot using a zoom lens.
[1885–90; imitative]
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zoom
Past participle: zoomed
Gerund: zooming
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| Noun | 1. |  zoom - a rapid rise |
| 2. |  zoom - the act of rising upward into the air | |
| Verb | 1. |  zoom - move along very quickly |
| 2. | zoom - move with a low humming noise go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | |
| 3. | zoom - rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" |
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zoom
verbTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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Translations
صَوْت إرتِفاع الطّائِرَة المُفاجئيَمُرُّ بِسُرْعَه
bzučenísvištětvrčení
susezoom
räjähdysräjähtääsuhahdussuhahtaasyöksyä
drunur, gnÿròjóta
kintamojo nuotolio objektyvaspraburgztipriartinti
aizdūktaizrūktdūkoņadūktrūkoņa
'vınnn' diye hızla gitmek'vınnn' sesi
zoom
[zuːm]A. N
1. (= sound) → zumbido m
2. (Phot) (also zoom lens) → zoom m
3. (Aer) (= upward flight) → empinadura f
B. VI
3. (Aer) → empinarse
C. CPD zoom lens N (Phot) → zoom m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
zoom
n
(= sound of engine) → Surren nt
(Aviat, = upward flight) → Steilanstieg m
(Phot: also zoom lens) → Zoom(objektiv) nt
vi
(engine) → surren
(inf) → sausen (inf); the car zoomed past us → der Wagen sauste an uns vorbei (inf); we were zooming along at 90 → wir sausten mit 90 daher (inf); he zoomed through it so quickly he can’t possibly have read it properly → er war in null Komma nichts damit fertig, er kann das unmöglich gründlich gelesen haben (inf)
(Aviat, plane, rocket) → steil (auf)steigen; the rocket zoomed up into the sky → die Rakete schoss in den Himmel; prices have zoomed up to a new high → die Preise sind in unerreichte Höhen geschnellt
vt plane → steil hochziehen or hochreißen; engine → auf Hochtouren laufen lassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
zoom
[zuːm]1. n (sound) → rombo
2. vi (go fast) to zoom off → sfrecciare via
he zoomed past at 120 mph → ci sfrecciò accanto a 120 miglia all'ora
he zoomed past at 120 mph → ci sfrecciò accanto a 120 miglia all'ora
zoom in vi + adv (Phot, Cine) to zoom in (on sb/sth) → zumare (su qn/qc)
zoom out vi + adv → allargare l'immagine
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
zoom
(zuːm) noun a loud, low-pitched buzzing noise. the zoom of (an) aircraft.
verb to move very quickly with this kind of noise. The motorbike zoomed past us.
zoom lens a type of camera lens which can make a distant object appear gradually closer without moving the camera.
zoom in to direct a camera (on to an object etc) and use a zoom lens to make it appear to come closer. Film the whole building first, then zoom in on the door.
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