1. Move or travel very quickly
   "He zoomed down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
    
2. Rise or increase dramatically
   "the dollar zoomed against the yen";
   - soar, surge
    
3. Move with a low humming noise
   "The bees zoomed around the flowers"
    
4. Change the view of an image so as to magnify or shrink it, e.g. when showing a picture on a computer or changing the focal length of a camera lens
   "The photographer zoomed in on the bird to capture more detail"

1. A sudden increase or rise
   "The stock market experienced an unexpected zoom after the positive economic report";
   - rapid growth
    
2. The act of rising upward into the air
   "The eagle's zoom was a majestic sight against the blue sky";
   - soar
    
3. A camera lens that magnifies the image
   "The wildlife photographer used a powerful zoom lens to capture images of the distant animals";
   - telephoto lens, zoom lens, telephoto
    
4. A camera shot that changes smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa
   "The director used a dramatic zoom to reveal the character's expression"
    
5. (computing) a feature that allows for increasing or decreasing the scale of a displayed image, document, or user interface element; the measure or amount of magnification in such scaling
   "Set the zoom to 150% to make the text more readable"

1. An exclamation imitating the sound of something moving fast or with sudden acceleration
   "Zoom! The rocket shot into the sky"

1. A video-conferencing platform
   "We held our meeting over Zoom"

1. To participate in a video call using the Zoom platform
   "Let's Zoom later to discuss the project"

Derived forms: zoomed, zooming, Zoomed, Zooms, zooms, Zooming

Type of: arise, ascending, ascension, ascent, camera lens, come up, go, go up, lift, locomote, move, move up, optical lens, rise, rising, travel, uprise [archaic, literary]

Encyclopedia: Zoom, Zoom, Superman!