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ZONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

Synonyms:

zona; zone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

zona pellucida (thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus)

zonula; zonule (small beltlike zone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

buffer; buffer zone (a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict)

combat area; combat zone (a military area where combat forces operate)

danger zone (a dangerous area)

demilitarized zone; DMZ (a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited)

drop zone; dropping zone (an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops)

kill zone; killing zone (an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities)

strike zone ((baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike)

tidal zone (an area subject to tidal action)

Instance hyponyms:

Canal Zone; Panama Canal Zone (a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal)

Derivation:

zonary (relating to or of the nature of a zone)

zone (separate or apportion into sections)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

Synonyms:

geographical zone; zone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

climatic zone (any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude)

time zone (any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used)

transit zone (a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers)

Derivation:

zonary (relating to or of the nature of a zone)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

island (a zone or area resembling an island)

Derivation:

zonary (relating to or of the nature of a zone)

zone (regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate or apportion into sections

Example:

partition a room off

Synonyms:

partition; zone

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "zone" is one way to...):

divide; separate (make a division or separation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "zone"):

screen off; separate off (partition by means of a divider, such as a screen)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

Synonyms:

district; zone

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "zone" is one way to...):

govern; order; regularise; regularize; regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

zone (a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Two years ago, the meat industry in the US was found to be responsible for a massive dead zone measuring more than 8,000 sq miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Most seamounts were once active volcanoes, and so are usually found near tectonically active plate boundaries, mid-ocean ridges and subducting zones.

(New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor, NSF)

Sites with less forest cover due to human activity, such as farming, have less saturated soundscapes versus those with high forest cover, such as conservation and hunting zones.

(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)

It serves as a transition zone between cutaneous and mucous membrane components.

(Caruncle, NCI Thesaurus)

Additional morphologic characteristics include enlarged nucleoli, abundant clear to somewhat violet-hued cytoplasm, a high mitotic rate and zones of coagulative necrosis.

(Central Nervous System Embryonal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A nodal marginal zone lymphoma affecting the pediatric population, predominantly males.

(Pediatric Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A low-grade extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue arising from the parotid gland.

(Parotid Gland Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The peripheral zone contains large, so-called main glands, whose ducts run posteriorly to open into the urethra.

(Peripheral Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

A placenta which develops in the lower uterine segment, in the zone of dilatation, so that it covers or adjoins the internal os.

(Placenta Previa, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This agent may also stimulate the chemoreceptor trigger zone, thereby inducing nausea and vomiting.

(Nicotine, NCI Thesaurus)