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Haze

//heɪz// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Hazel.
Noun
  1. 1
    Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) uncountable, usually

    "Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze, accompanied with rain."

  2. 2
    confusion characterized by lack of clarity wordnet
  3. 3
    A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility wordnet
  5. 5
    An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent. uncountable, usually

    "The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses."

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  1. 6
    Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "And is it that the haze of grief ⁠Hath stretch’d my former joy so great? ⁠The lowness of the present state, That sets the past in this relief?"

  2. 7
    The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent. uncountable, usually

    "Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film."

  3. 8
    Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine. countable, usually

    "Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.

    "Pyramids of clouds now fringed its edge, and the centre had hazed into a sandy mist."

  2. 2
    To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit. US, informal
  3. 3
    harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions wordnet
  4. 4
    To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.

    "[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]"

  5. 5
    become hazy, dull, or cloudy wordnet
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  1. 6
    In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line. transitive
  2. 7
    To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans. transitive

    "Hazing a bear involves creating a "negative experience for a bear that seeks out human food or loses its natural avoidance of humans and developed areas," the release said. That involves using non-lethal rubber shotgun slugs, or rubber rounds and noise-deterrent rounds in sequence to scare bears away, according to the release."

Etymology

Etymology 1

* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).

Etymology 2

* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).

Etymology 3

Possibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)

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