zoned

Verb

zone (third-person singular simple present zones, present participle zoning, simple past and past participle zoned)

1. (transitive) To divide into or assign to sections or areas.
   • Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
2. (transitive) To define the property use classification of (an area).
   • This area was zoned for industrial use.
3. (intransitive, slang) 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.

   Synonyms:

   zone out

4. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To girdle or encircle.
5. To assign to a restricted category.
   • We've zoned each other as friends; we'll never be anything more.

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