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Definitions for Dial

[1] a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
[2] a plate or disk with markings or figures for indicating or registering some measurement or number, as of pressure, number of revolutions, the frequency to which a radio is tuned, etc., usually by means of a pointer.
[3] a rotatable plate, disk, or knob used for regulating a mechanism, making and breaking electrical connections, etc., as in tuning a radio or television station in or out.
[4] Also called rotary dial. a rotatable plate or disk on a telephone, fitted with finger holes that are marked with letters or numbers, used in making calls through an automatic switchboard.
[5] any mechanism on the face of a telephone by which the caller places a call, as push buttons.
[6] Also called miner's dial. Mining . a compass used for underground surveying.
[7] to indicate or register on or as if on a dial.
[8] to measure with or as if with a dial.
[9] to regulate, select, or tune in by means of a dial, as on a radio: to dial my favorite program.
[10] to make a telephone call to: Dial me at home.
[11] to use a telephone dial; to dial a telephone: I keep dialing, but the line seems dead.
[12] to tune in or regulate by means of a dial: to dial into the opera broadcast.
[13] (of a telephone) having a rotary dial mechanism.
[14] dial up , to obtain, reach, or contact by telephone: to dial up stock-market information; to dial up Chicago and do some business.
[15] dialect.
[16] dialectal.
[17] dialectic.
[18] dialectical.
[19] the face of a watch, clock, chronometer, sundial, etc, marked with divisions representing units of time
[20] the circular graduated disc of various measuring instruments
[21] the control on a radio or television set used to change the station or channel the panel on a radio on which the frequency, wavelength, or station is indicated by means of a pointer
[22] a numbered disc on a telephone that is rotated a set distance for each digit of a number being called
[23] a miner's compass for surveying in a mine
[24] British a slang word for face (def. 1)
[25] to establish or try to establish a telephone connection with (a subscriber or his number) by operating the dial on a telephone
[26] (tr) to indicate, measure, or operate with a dial
[27] dialect(al)

Words related to Dial

wheel, rotate, punch, twist, turn, ring

Words nearby Dial

diagonalize, diagram, diagrammatic, diagraph, diakinesis, dial, dial down, dial gauge, dial tone, dial train, dial-up

Origin of Dial

1400–50; late Middle English: instrument for telling time by the sun's shadow, presumably < Medieval Latin diālis daily (Latin di(ēs ) day + -ālis -al1)

Other words from Dial

un·di·aled , adjective
un·di·alled , adjective

Word origin for Dial

C14: from Medieval Latin diālis daily, from Latin diēs day

Synonyms for Dial

punch, ring, rotate, turn, twist, wheel, zero in on