B2verb · transitive · rare

zoom

zoom · zooms · zoomed · zooming

реветь, увеличить, уменьшить, жужжать

schwirren, surren, zoomen

To move fast with a humming noiseTo move fast with a humming noise.

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/zuːm/

» The camera zoomed in on the man who was talking on stage.

Meaning

8 senses

To move fast with a humming noise.
We zoomed along the highway.
schwirren, surren
реве́тьrevétʹ, прореве́тьprorevétʹ, жужжа́тьžužžátʹ
move with a low humming noise
To zoom climb.
To move rapidly.
schwirren
нести́сьnestísʹ, пронести́сьpronestísʹ
rise rapidly
To go up sharply.
prices zoomed
schwirren, schwirren
To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
zoomen
увели́читьuvelíčitʹ, уме́ньшитьuménʹšitʹ
To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
to zoom in or zoom out
(transitive)To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.
To participate in a video teleconferencing call.

Examples

42 sentences

The camera zoomed in on the man who was talking on stage.
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The camera zoomed in on Tom's face.
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The camera zoomed in for a closeup of Tom's face.
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Hold down the Ctrl-key and click + to zoom in or - to zoom out.
ruЗажми кнопку «ctrl» и нажми «плюс» для приближения или «минус» для отдаления. — EugeneGS
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He zoomed past on his bicycle.
ruОн промчался мимо на велосипеде. — Wezel
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to move very fast with a humming noise:

to move rapidly:

to change the focal length of a zoom lens:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to move very fast with a humming noise:

to change the focal length of a zoom lens:

Origin

Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an interjection i

Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).

A genericization of the trademark Zoom, a video teleconferencing software.

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