zoom
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1892 verb, 1918 noun, 1942 interjection. Originally imitative of a sound.
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zoom (plural zooms)
- a humming noise from something moving very fast
- a quick ascent
- a big increase
- an augmentation of a view as with a lens
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big increase
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augmentation of a view
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to zoom (third-person singular simple present zooms, present participle zooming, simple past and past participle zoomed)
- to move fast with a humming noise
- to fly an airplane straight up
- to move rapidly
- to go up sharply
- prices zoomed
- to change the focal length of a zoom lens
- (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
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to move very fast with a humming noise
to move rapidly
to change the focal length of a zoom lens
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zoom m. (plural zomen, diminutive zoompje, diminutive plural zoompjes)
[edit] French
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zoom m. (plural zooms)
- zoom (photography)
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zoom m. inv.
- (photography) zoom