--- title: Z — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 35 words of the English dictionary under Z, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / Z # Z — The English dictionary · page 2 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) **2** **zinc** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Zinc is a bluish-white metal, a chemical element (symbol Zn).[↗](../../zinc/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Zinc is used to coat iron and steel to stop rust.[↗](../../zinc/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Zinc is a mineral your body needs in small amounts, found in foods like meat, nuts and beans.[↗](../../zinc/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bucket is coated with zinc so it won't rust.[↗](../../zinc/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Zinc and copper make brass.[↗](../../zinc/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cricketer had white zinc cream on his nose.[↗](../../zinc/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Batteries often contain zinc.[↗](../../zinc/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Your body needs a little zinc to heal cuts.[↗](../../zinc/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Zinc's symbol is Zn.[↗](../../zinc/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Zing is energy, excitement or liveliness.[↗](../../zing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Zing is a sharp, fresh, tangy taste, as from lemon or ginger.[↗](../../zing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A zing is a high, ringing or whistling sound, like something flying fast.[↗](../../zing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To zing is to move very fast with a high sound; (informal, US) to zing someone is to make a cheeky joke at them.[↗](../../zing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A squeeze of lime adds zing to the salsa.[↗](../../zing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new paint gave the classroom some zing.[↗](../../zing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The arrow zinged past the knight's ear.[↗](../../zing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is still full of zing at eighty.[↗](../../zing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This lemonade has a real zing\![↗](../../zing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball zinged off the bat and over the fence.[↗](../../zing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Your story needs more zing at the start.[↗](../../zing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **zinger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A zinger is a quick, clever and funny remark, often a sharp joke at someone.[↗](../../zinger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A zinger can also be something surprising or striking, like a zinger of a question.[↗](../../zinger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma came back with a real zinger that made everyone laugh.[↗](../../zinger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The comedian had a zinger for every heckler.[↗](../../zinger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The quiz ended with a zinger of a question.[↗](../../zinger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He thought of the perfect zinger an hour too late.[↗](../../zinger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A good zinger is funny without being cruel.[↗](../../zinger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her speech ended with a zinger.[↗](../../zinger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zion** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A hill in Jerusalem, and a name for Jerusalem and the land and people of Israel.[↗](../../zion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.[↗](../../zion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../zion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.[↗](../../zion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../zion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion\![↗](../../zion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.14.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../zion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **zip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A zip is a fastener with two rows of small teeth that join when you pull a tab, used on coats, bags and trousers (zipper in American English).[↗](../../zip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To zip something means to close it with a zip.[↗](../../zip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To zip means to move very fast.[↗](../../zip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In computing, to zip files means to squash them into a smaller file.[↗](../../zip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Zip can mean nothing or zero in informal American speech.[↗](../../zip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A zip file is a computer file that has been squashed into a smaller size, and its name ends in .zip.[↗](../../zip/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zip up your coat, it's cold.[↗](../../zip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The zip on my bag is broken.[↗](../../zip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A car zipped past us.[↗](../../zip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went down the zip line at camp.[↗](../../zip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He zipped the files and emailed them.[↗](../../zip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The score was six to zip.[↗](../../zip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · What's your zip code?[↗](../../zip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **zither** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A zither is a musical instrument with many strings stretched over a flat wooden box; you lay it on a table or your lap and pluck the strings with your fingers or a pick.[↗](../../zither/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The man in the Austrian café played the zither.[↗](../../zither/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A zither has dozens of strings over a flat box.[↗](../../zither/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Chinese guzheng is a kind of zither.[↗](../../zither/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You pluck the zither strings with your fingers.[↗](../../zither/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film «The Third Man» has famous zither music.[↗](../../zither/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a zither at the folk festival.[↗](../../zither/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zodiac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The zodiac is a band of twelve star patterns (constellations) across the sky that the Sun, Moon and planets seem to move through during the year.[↗](../../zodiac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In astrology, the zodiac is divided into twelve signs, such as Aries, Leo and Pisces, and people's «star sign» depends on their birthday.[↗](../../zodiac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Chinese zodiac is a cycle of twelve animals, one for each year, like the Rat, Ox, Tiger and Dragon.[↗](../../zodiac/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are twelve signs of the zodiac.[↗](../../zodiac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «What's your star sign?»[↗](../../zodiac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") «I'm a Leo.»[↗](../../zodiac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Chinese zodiac has twelve animals.[↗](../../zodiac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the Rat won the zodiac race by riding on the Ox's back.[↗](../../zodiac/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers study the stars; astrologers make horoscopes, which are not science.[↗](../../zodiac/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The zodiac constellations lie along the path of the Sun in the sky.[↗](../../zodiac/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Constellations; especially the twelve signs of the Zodiac.[↗](../../zodiac/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../zodiac/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **zodiacal** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with the zodiac, the twelve star signs of the sky.[↗](../../zodiacal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* These letters are the initials of the 12 Zodiacal (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../zodiacal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **zombie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In stories, films and games, a zombie is a made-up dead person who has come back to life and walks around slowly without thinking.[↗](../../zombie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A zombie is a person who is very tired or not paying attention and moves without thinking.[↗](../../zombie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I'm a zombie in the mornings.[↗](../../zombie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Zombie can describe something that keeps going although it is useless or should have ended: a zombie company.[↗](../../zombie/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother dressed up as a zombie for Halloween.[↗](../../zombie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Zombies are not real; they are made up for stories.[↗](../../zombie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a total zombie until I've had breakfast.[↗](../../zombie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The zombies in the game move very slowly.[↗](../../zombie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the sleepover we walked around like zombies.[↗](../../zombie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was about a town full of zombies.[↗](../../zombie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A zone is an area or part of a place that is different from the areas around it or is used for a special purpose.[↗](../../zone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Time zones are areas of the world that use the same clock time.[↗](../../zone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To zone out means to stop paying attention.[↗](../../zone/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Drivers must slow down in the school zone.[↗](../../zone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a quiet zone; please whisper.[↗](../../zone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The playground has a football zone and a quiet zone.[↗](../../zone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · London and New York are in different time zones.[↗](../../zone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Polar bears live in the cold polar zone.[↗](../../zone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay out of the danger zone near the machine.[↗](../../zone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I zoned out during the long film.[↗](../../zone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By Indians he might have meant Ethio- pians, or any other nation under the torrid zone which the ancients used tu denominate as Indians (T. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../zone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **zoo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A zoo is a place where wild animals are kept so that people can see them and learn about them.[↗](../../zoo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Good zoos help rare animals by breeding them and keeping them safe.[↗](../../zoo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In speech, «a zoo» means a very busy, noisy place: «The classroom was a zoo».[↗](../../zoo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The zoo has 12 lions and 8 tigers.[↗](../../zoo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 240 people visited the zoo on Monday.[↗](../../zoo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A ticket to the zoo costs $9.[↗](../../zoo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many animals are in the zoo?[↗](../../zoo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the penguins being fed at the zoo.[↗](../../zoo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoos help to protect animals that are in danger.[↗](../../zoo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't feed the animals at the zoo.[↗](../../zoo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was a zoo with five children and two dogs.[↗](../../zoo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So when the largest elephant in the Zoo was carried off by a dragon, the papers gave up pretending--and put ALARMING PLAGUE OF DRAGONS at the top of the paper.[↗](../../zoo/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **zoological** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with zoology, the science of animals: zoological research.[↗](../../zoological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with a zoo or a collection of animals: a zoological garden (the full old name for a zoo).[↗](../../zoological/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The city zoo was once called the Zoological Gardens.[↗](../../zoological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoological museum has skeletons of whales.[↗](../../zoological/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists from the zoological society counted the birds.[↗](../../zoological/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants a zoological career, studying frogs.[↗](../../zoological/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A zoological park gives animals more space than an old zoo.[↗](../../zoological/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We read a zoological book about insects.[↗](../../zoological/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zoology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The science that studies animals: their bodies, how they live, grow, behave and where they come from.[↗](../../zoology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The animal life of a place: «the zoology of Australia» (formal).[↗](../../zoology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zoology is the study of animals.[↗](../../zoology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is studying zoology at university.[↗](../../zoology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned some zoology when we sorted animals into groups.[↗](../../zoology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A zoology book explained how bats find their way in the dark.[↗](../../zoology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants a job in zoology, working with gorillas.[↗](../../zoology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kipling's stories are fun, but zoology tells us how the camel really got its hump.[↗](../../zoology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zoom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To zoom is to move very fast, often with a buzzing or roaring sound.[↗](../../zoom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To zoom in is to make a picture look bigger and closer, on a camera, phone or screen; to zoom out is to make it look smaller and farther away.[↗](../../zoom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To zoom (up) is to rise very quickly, like prices or numbers.[↗](../../zoom/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Zoom is also the name of a video-call app.[↗](../../zoom/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A sports car zoomed past our house.[↗](../../zoom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoom in on the map to see our street.[↗](../../zoom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoom out so we can see the whole country.[↗](../../zoom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kids zoomed around the playground on their scooters.[↗](../../zoom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket zoomed up into the sky.[↗](../../zoom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The photographer used a zoom lens to snap the bird.[↗](../../zoom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a class call on Zoom when school was closed.[↗](../../zoom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **zoster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) Short for herpes zoster, the medical name for shingles: a painful rash of blisters, usually in a stripe on one side of the body.[↗](../../zoster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) Part of the name of the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox and later can cause shingles.[↗](../../zoster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zoster is the medical name for shingles.[↗](../../zoster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma had herpes zoster and her side was very sore.[↗](../../zoster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles.[↗](../../zoster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor offered Grandad a zoster vaccine.[↗](../../zoster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoster usually appears as a stripe of blisters on one side of the body.[↗](../../zoster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can only get zoster if you have had chickenpox before.[↗](../../zoster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **zulu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Zulu are a large people of southern Africa, living mostly in South Africa, especially KwaZulu-Natal.[↗](../../zulu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Zulu (isiZulu) is their language, the most widely spoken home language in South Africa.[↗](../../zulu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Zulu» is the word for the letter Z in the international spelling alphabet (Alpha, Bravo …[↗](../../zulu/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") Yankee, Zulu).[↗](../../zulu/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (military, aviation) «Zulu time» means world standard time (UTC).[↗](../../zulu/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zulu is one of South Africa's official languages.[↗](../../zulu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sawubona» means «hello» in Zulu.[↗](../../zulu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Zulu kingdom was powerful under King Shaka.[↗](../../zulu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin spelled her postcode on the phone: «Bravo, Zulu, one, four».[↗](../../zulu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot gave the time in Zulu time.[↗](../../zulu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a Zulu dance with drums and shields.[↗](../../zulu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)