zone
/zoʊn/ verb C1- To divide into or assign to sections or areas. · Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
- To define the property use classification of (an area). · This area was zoned for industrial use.
- 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.
- To assign to a restricted category. · We've zoned each other as friends; we'll never be anything more.
He/she/it zones · Past zoned · Past participle zoned · -ing form zoning
Verb forms
- Base form
- zone
- He/she/it
- zones
- Past
- zoned
- Past participle
- zoned
- -ing form
- zoning
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