Definitions
1.NounA graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed)."The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas."
2.NounSuch a field as part of a clock face; the entire clock face.
3.NounA sundial.
4.NounA panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc."Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!"
5.NounA disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called."His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone."
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7.NounA miner's compass.
8.VerbTo control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial."The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.; The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric."
9.VerbTo select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present."In an emergency dial 999."
10.VerbTo use a dial or a telephone."Please be careful when dialling."
11.VerbTo initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database."The application failed when attempting to dial the Postgres server, because there were too many open connections."
12.VerbTo use a dial-up modem to connect a personal computer to the Internet."I always check my guestbook when I dial, just in case anyone saw my Web site."