zone
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noun- 1.
(archaic)(geography, now rare) Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).
- 2.
Any given region or area of the world.
- 3.
A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.
The white zone is for loading and unloading only.
Files in the Internet zone are blocked by default, as a security measure.
- 4.
(broadly)(by extension) A restricted category or virtual place.
The discussion was veering off into a danger zone.
- 5.
A band or area of growth encircling anything.
a zone of evergreens on a mountain
the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent
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A band or stripe extending around a body.
- 7.
(crystallography) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
- 8.
(informal)(baseball, informal) The strike zone.
That pitch was low and away, just outside the zone.
- 9.
(ice hockey) Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.
Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck.
- 10.
(handball) A semicircular area in front of each goal.
- 11.
(figuratively)(figurative, chiefly sports) A mental state of high concentration and performance; see: in the zone.
I just got in the zone late in the game: everything was going in.
- 12.
(basketball, American football) A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To divide into or assign to sections or areas.
Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
- 2.
(transitive)To define the property use classification of (an area).
This area was zoned for industrial use.
- 3.
(intransitive, slang)To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions.
Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. # (transitive, archaic, poetic) To girdle or encircle.
- 4.
To assign to a restricted category.
We've zoned each other as friends; we'll never be anything more.
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From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (girdle, belt).