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  1. intransitive verb To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound.
  2. intransitive verb To move while making such a sound.
  3. intransitive verb To climb suddenly and sharply. Used of an airplane.
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  • The built in zoom which is controlled by the central toggle switch is displayed on the side of the screen. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • · It supports zoom, therefore the screen can range from 50\% to 300\%, and other options such as zoom out and restore the screen. —  Softpedia - Windows - All
  • Sony answers with a 60x optical zoom, which is still pretty impressive / frightening and an 80GB HDD with the new DCR-SR87. —  infoSync World
  • Sunday January 23 2005, I was trying out the camera on maximum optical / digital zoom which is about 12X. —  THE UFO CHRONICLES
  • Even at full-zoom, the 2: 35: 1 version showed no signs of digital flaws. —  digitallyOBSESSED.com DVD News and Reviews
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zoom:   zoomed ·  zooming ·  zooms
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