zoom

zoom
    n 1: a rapid rise [syn: {rapid climb}, {rapid growth}, {zoom}]
    2: the act of rising upward into the air [syn: {soar}, {zoom}]
    v 1: move along very quickly [syn: {zoom}, {zoom along},
         {whizz}, {whizz along}]
    2: move with a low humming noise
    3: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn:
       {soar}, {soar up}, {soar upwards}, {surge}, {zoom}]
    

zoom

   <graphics> To show a smaller area of an {image} at a higher
   magnification ("zoom in") or a larger area at a lower
   magnification ("zoom out"), as though using a zoom lense on a
   camera.

   Unlike in an optical system, zooming in on a computer {image}
   does not necessarily increase the amount of detail displayed
   since this is limited by what is actually stored in the image.
   Similarly, you cannot zoom out beyond the full size of the
   image.

   (1997-10-24)
    

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "zoom":
      acrobatics, aerobatics, ascend, aspire, ball the jack, banking,
      barrel, become airborne, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along,
      brush, chandelle, claw skyward, climb, clip, crabbing, cut along,
      dive, diving, fishtailing, fleet, flit, float, fly, fly aloft,
      fly low, foot, gain altitude, glide, go fast, hang, highball,
      hoick, hover, kite, leave the ground, magnify, make knots, mount,
      nip, nose dive, outstrip the wind, plane, poise, pour it on,
      power dive, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, recede, rip, rolling,
      scorch, sideslip, sizzle, skim, soar, speed, spiral, spire, stall,
      storm along, stunting, sweep, tactical maneuvers, take off, tear,
      tear along, thunder along, volplane