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zoning
To divide into or assign sections or areas.
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verb
To divide into or assign sections or areas.
“Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.”
To define the property use classification of an area.
“This area was zoned for industrial use.”
To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
“Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)”
To girdle or encircle.
noun
Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
The use of zones, such as fare zones.
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Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.
This area was zoned for industrial use.
Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)
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