See Also: no-fly zone(dictionary)
zone(1)(dictionary)
zone(2)(dictionary)
Zone(money)
war zone(dictionary)
X zone(medicine)
Zone(medicine)
end zone(dictionary)
trabecular zone(medicine)
transformation zone(medicine)

zone(2) (iou)



zone verb. L18.
[from ZONE noun.]
I. verb trans.
Provide with or surround like a zone or girdle; encircle. L18.
Botany & Zoology. Mark with zones, rings, or bands of colour. Only as zoned pa. pple. L18.
Divide, distribute, or arrange into zones. E20.
Divide (a city, land, etc.) into areas subject to particular planning restrictions; designate (a specific area) for use or development in this manner. Also US (foll. by out), forbid (the siting of an enterprise) in a given area. Freq. as zoning verbal noun. E20.
Construction News The site has been zoned for office, commercial and hotel development.
Restrict the distribution of (a commodity) to a designated area. Now rare exc. Hist. (with ref. to British food allocation 1939-45). M20.
II. verb intrans.
Foll. by out: lose concentration, cease paying attention; go to sleep. US slang. L20.
zoner noun a person employed in the application of planning restrictions to particular areas M20.