name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Hazel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
haze
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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hāz
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/heɪz/
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rhymes with -eɪz
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homophone: hays
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homophone: heys (pane–pain merger)
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CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses.
- The furniture has a haze, possibly from some kind of wax.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 6
The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: packaging
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Topics: beverages, brewing, business, food, lifestyle, manufacturing
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verb
Meaning 8
To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
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verb
Meaning 9
To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting person, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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verb
Meaning 10
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
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verb
Meaning 11
In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 13
confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: daze, fog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
noun
Meaning 14
atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aerosol
verb
Meaning 15
harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
verb
Meaning 16
become hazy, dull, or cloudy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: overcast, cloud
History
Etymology
* 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”).
Possibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَجَاج (ʕajāj) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Azerbaijani: çən — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Bulgarian: мъгла (mǎgla) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Catalan: calima — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Catalan: calitja — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Chichewa: nkhúngu — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Chinese Mandarin: 霾 (mái) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Chinese Mandarin: 薄霧 /薄雾 (bówù) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Chinese Mandarin: 靄 /霭 (ǎi) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Chinese Mandarin: 煙霧 /烟雾 (yānwù) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Czech: kouřmo — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Dutch: stofwolk — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Dutch: heiigheid — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Estonian: uduvine — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Faroese: tám — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Finnish: auer — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Finnish: autere — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Finnish: utu — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Finnish: usva — very fine particles suspended in the air
- French: brume — very fine particles suspended in the air
- French: poudroiement — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Galician: melura — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Galician: parruma — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Galician: bretemada — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Galician: caruxeiro — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Galician: zarzallo — very fine particles suspended in the air
- German: Dunst — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Hebrew: אובך — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Hindi: धुंध (dhundh) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Indonesian: jerebu — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Indonesian: kabur — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Italian: nebbia — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Italian: foschia — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Japanese: 煙霧 (enmu) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Korean: 연무 (yeonmu) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Macedonian: ма́гла (mágla) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Malay: jerebu — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Māori: kōkorouri — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Māori: kōkōuri — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Māori: kōrehurehu — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Persian: نزم (nezm) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Polish: mgiełka — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Polish: mgła — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Portuguese: névoa — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Romanian: abureală — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Romanian: ceață — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Russian: ды́мка (dýmka) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Russian: мгла (mgla) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Russian: тума́н (tumán) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Spanish: bruma — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Spanish: calima — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Spanish: calina — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Swedish: dis — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Swedish: töcken — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Thai: ฝุ่นควัน (fùn-kwan) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Turkish: pus — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Ukrainian: імла (imla) — very fine particles suspended in the air
- Bulgarian: мътност (mǎtnost) — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- Dutch: waas — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- Dutch: troebeling — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- French: trouble — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- German: Trübung — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- Italian: torbidezza — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- Italian: torbidità — loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid
- Bulgarian: мътност (mǎtnost) — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- French: voile — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- Italian: patina — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- Italian: cortina — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- Italian: velo — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- Italian: velatura — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- Italian: opacità — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- Russian: ту́склость (túsklostʹ) — dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface
- French: trouble — figurative haze, such as mental confusion
- French: brouillard — figurative haze, such as mental confusion
- Italian: stato confusionale — figurative haze, such as mental confusion
- Polish: otumanienie — figurative haze, such as mental confusion
- Russian: помутне́ние (pomutnénije) — figurative haze, such as mental confusion
- Dutch: waas — mental confusion
- Finnish: sekavuus — mental confusion
- Polish: otumanienie — mental confusion
- Russian: помутне́ние (pomutnénije) — mental confusion
- Finnish: himmeys — degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic
- Italian: torbidezza — degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic
- Italian: torbidità — degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic
- Italian: impurità — degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic
- Korean: 헤이즈 (heijeu) — degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic
- Russian: ту́склость (túsklostʹ) — degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic
- Finnish: sameus — substance causing turbidity in beer or wine
- Italian: impurità — substance causing turbidity in beer or wine
- Italian: sedimento — substance causing turbidity in beer or wine
- Italian: ristagno — substance causing turbidity in beer or wine
- Afrikaans: ontgroen — to perform an initiation ritual
- Afrikaans: doop — to perform an initiation ritual
- Dutch: ontgroenen — to perform an initiation ritual
- Dutch: dopen (as in studentendoop) — to perform an initiation ritual
- Finnish: mopottaa — to perform an initiation ritual
- Finnish: simputtaa — to perform an initiation ritual
- French: bizuter — to perform an initiation ritual
- German: schinden — to perform an initiation ritual
- German: schikanieren — to perform an initiation ritual
- Spanish: hacer la novatada — to perform an initiation ritual
- Spanish: novatear — to perform an initiation ritual
- Spanish: novatar — to perform an initiation ritual
- Swedish: nolla — to perform an initiation ritual
- Italian: fare saltare — force to do hard work