dial
Dictionary
noun
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- A clock face.
- A sundial.
- A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
- A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
- A person's face.
- A miner's compass.
verb
- To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
"President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric."
- To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
"In an emergency dial 999."
- To use a dial or a telephone.
"Please be careful when dialling."
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