Zoom

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To move while making such a sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To climb suddenly and sharply. Used of an airplane.
  • verb-intransitive. To move about rapidly; swoop.
  • verb-intransitive. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens.
  • verb-intransitive. Computer Science To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
  • v. To cause to zoom.
  • n. The act or sound of zooming.
  • n. A zoom lens.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a humming noise from something moving very fast
  • n. a quick ascent
  • n. a big increase
  • n. an augmentation of a view as with a lens
  • v. to move fast with a humming noise
  • v. to fly an airplane straight up
  • v. to move rapidly
  • v. to go up sharply
  • v. to change the focal length of a zoom lens
  • v. to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. rise rapidly
  • n. the act of rising upward into the air
  • v. move with a low humming noise
  • v. move along very quickly
  • n. a rapid rise
  • Verb Form
    zoomed    zooming    zooms   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rise    ascension    ascending    ascent    locomote    travel    move    go    zip    hurry   
    Form
    zoomy    zoom out    zoom lens    zoom in   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bloom    Blum    Blume    Doom    Hume    Khartoum    abloom    assume    bloom    boom