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    [Noun]  | "zone" | \ ˈzōn \


    1: any of five great divisions of the earth's surface with respect to latitude and temperature

    2: a portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes

    3: girdle, belt


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin zōna "belt, girdle, imaginary band encircling the earth," borrowed from Greek zṓnē, going back to Indo-European *i̯eh3s-neh2, whence also, with stem variation, Russian Church Slavic pojasnĭ "belt," Sanskrit rā́snā "girdle" (*yā́snā crossed with raśanā́ "rope, bridle, girth"); derivative from a verbal base *i̯eh3s- "encircle, girdle," whence, with various stem formatives, Old Church Slavic pojašǫ, pojasati "to gird," Lithuanian júosiu, júosti, Albanian ngjesh- "gird, encircle, compress," Greek zṓnnȳmi, aorist ézōsa "(I) gird(ed)"; from a verbal adjective in *-t- Lithuanian júosta "band, zone," Greek zōstós "belted, girded," Avestan yāsta-;

    [Noun]  | "comfort zone" 


    1: the temperature range within which one is comfortable

    2: the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity


    Origin: 1923 ;

    [Noun]  | "drop zone" 


    1: the area in which troops, supplies, or equipment are to be air-dropped; also : the target on which a skydiver lands


    Origin: circa 1943 ;

    [Noun]  | "end zone" 


    1: a zone at the end of a playing area (such as a field or rink): such as

    2: the area at each end of a football field bounded by the end line, the goal line, and the sidelines

    3: the part of an ice hockey rink between each blue line and the nearer end of the rink


    Origin: circa 1916 ;

    [Noun]  | "free-fire zone" | \ ˈfrē-ˌfī(-ə)r- \


    1: a combat area in which any moving thing is a legitimate target


    Origin: 1965 ;

    [Noun]  | "free zone" 


    1: an area within which goods may be received and stored without payment of duty


    Origin: 1900 ;

    [Noun]  | "friend zone" 


    1: a state of friendship in which one's romantic or sexual interest in someone is not reciprocated


    Origin: 1994 ;

    [Noun]  | "frigid zone" 


    1: the area or region between the arctic circle and the north pole or between the antarctic circle and the south pole


    Origin: 1620 ;

    [Verb]  | "zone" 


    1: to surround with a zone : encircle

    2: to arrange in or mark off into zones; specifically : to partition (a city, borough, or township) by ordinance into sections reserved for different purposes (such as residence or business)


    Origin: 1782 ;

     Derivative of {see: |zone:1|zone:1};

    [Adjective]  | "Goldilocks" 


    1: having or producing an optimal balance usually between two extremes; specifically, astronomy : lying in or being an area of planetary orbit in which temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold to support life


    Origin: 1949 ;

     From the character Goldilocks in the fairy tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," who chooses Baby Bear's chair, porridge, and bed (over Papa and Mama Bear's) because it is "just right";

    [Noun]  | "zones" 


    1: a broad geographical area;


      * e.g., " ... a tropical zone "



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    2: a part or portion having no fixed boundaries;


      * e.g., " ... at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches "



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    [Noun]  | "zone" 


    1: a broad geographical area;


      * e.g., " ... a tropical zone "



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    2: a part or portion having no fixed boundaries;


      * e.g., " ... at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches "



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    [Verb]  | "zones out" 


     [ "zones" ]

    1: Your appearance. Your zones is your carefully sculpted appearance.

      * e.g.,  ... *Goes and sticks a twig in his afro* 

     [ "In The Zone" ]

    1: Being Completely Unaware of what's going on around you as you are So Extremely into what's going on right in front of your face; like anything more than 3 feet away just doesn't register in the brain.

      * e.g.,  ... When gymnastics are on TV, I'm Totally In The Zone Bigtime!!!! 

     [ "In the zone" ]

    1: A place where your beyond "on a roll" and your performance is at max skill and your potential becomes more than what it is and anything around you becomes phased out seemingly a place where you cant be stopped or touched. Mostly gained by anyone who plays sports, fighters, adrenaline junkies, people who play video games, musicians, ministers, teachers ect. The Zone is reached little effort or after one has been "on a roll" for a bit or quickly reached when your skill reaches the next level.

      * e.g.,  ... When i was working out i was in the zone. 

     [ "the zone" ]

    1: The Zone is an ethereal state of mind that propels you from mortal man to super human, to godlike status. Performance, whether physical or technically challenging, is elevated effortlessly beyond your normal level. You feel no pain within your body and your reactions and balance become unhumanly fast. Things that were difficult previously become effortlessly easy. Failure does not even enter your mind and does not even seem possible. You soar with the angels and ride, tall and proud beside the god Helios, upon a golden winged chariot. You have become a god among mortal men.

      * e.g.,  ... Act 1: “In the Zone” 


     [ "the zone" ]

    2: Unfortunately the Zone is an ephemeral place and in the way that you unknowingly entered the Zone (you just arrive, you don’t know quite how), you are unceremoniously booted out of it. This usually involves collecting all the pain that you missed out on when in the Zone and dishing it out in one big serving. Once you have left the Zone it is commonplace to try and fight your back into it, but this never works and, in fact, generally speaking the zone gets further away the harder you try to get to it.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: Yo dude, you were totally fucking sick out there. You are in the fucking zone, man. Give me some skin. 

     [ "Zoned" ]

    1: The act of putting someone into the zone of getting owned. Frequently used in online gaming.

      * e.g.,  ... You own someone and scream "Put into the zone!!!!!" or "Get zoned!!!" 

     [ "in the zone" ]

    1: Expression used to describe a state of consciousness where actual skills match the percieved performance requirements perfectly. Being in the zone implies increased focus and attention which allow for higher levels of performance. Athletes, musicians, and anybody that totally owns a challenge of physical and mental performance can be in the zone.

      * e.g.,  ... The Noodle Incident gets in the zone by warming up before a show. 

     [ "No-zone" ]

    1: The no-zone is when either you don't want to talk to someone or they don't want to talk to you. If someone friendzones you, instead of complaining about it, you can no-zone them and feel much better. Then you get a different girl to actually be your girlfriend. You can also chill out with your other friends.

      * e.g.,  ... I totally put that girl in the no-zone after she friendzoned me, and got another girl to be my girlfriend. I talked with my other friends about it and they said "put her in the no-zone". 

     [ "zoned in" ]

    1: Focused. On your game. In the "Zone".

      * e.g.,  ... "Everything I touch turns to gold. I am zoned in, homie." 

     [ "zone" ]

    1: a zone is an ounce

      * e.g.,  ... four zones 

     [ "in the zone" ]

    1: Term used to describe a state of mind whereby a person/machine is working/performing at peak or optimal performance. Usually applied to athletes, sportsmen/women. Not to be confused with the term high on drugs.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh man that shot was lethal! He is IN THE ZONE" 

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