Haze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Atmospheric moisture, dust, smoke, and vapor that diminishes visibility.
  • n. A partially opaque covering: Let the polish dry to a haze before buffing it.
  • n. A vague or confused state of mind.
  • verb-intransitive. To become misty or hazy; blur.
  • v. To persecute or harass with meaningless, difficult, or humiliating tasks.
  • v. To initiate, as into a college fraternity, by exacting humiliating performances from or playing rough practical jokes upon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
  • v. To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
  • n. Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
  • n. A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
  • n. An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
  • n. Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
  • n. The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
  • n. Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
  • n. A state of confusion, uncertainty, or vagueness of thought or perception.
  • verb-intransitive. To be hazy, or thick with haze.
  • v. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
  • v. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students, as an initiation rite into a fraternity or other group.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The aggregation of a countless multitude of extremely minute and even ultra-microscopic particles in the air, individually invisible, but producing in the aggregate an opaqueness of the atmosphere.
  • To drizzle.
  • To be or become foggy or hazy.
  • To harass with labor; punish with unnecessary work, as a seaman.
  • To play mischievous or abusive tricks on; try the pluck or temper of, especially by physical persecution, as lower-class students in a college or new-comers in an establishment of any kind.
  • To frolic; lark.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
  • v. become hazy, dull, or cloudy
  • n. atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
  • n. confusion characterized by lack of clarity
  • Verb Form
    hazed    hazes    hazing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    harass    plague    harry    hassle    chevvy    beset    molest    chivy    chivvy    provoke   
    Cross Reference
    obscurity    dimness    aqueous haze   
    Form
    hazed    hazing    haze over    hazy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dimness    abuse   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blaise    Blase    Chevrolets    Hayes    Hays    Lyonnais    Malays    Mays    Polonaise    Res   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mist    glow    tint    sheen    twilight    blur    vapor    radiance    gleam    veil