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craze

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craze  (krz)
v. crazed, craz·ing, craz·es
v.tr.
1. To cause to become mentally deranged or obsessed; make insane.
2. To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
v.intr.
1. To become mentally deranged or obsessed; go insane.
2. To become covered with fine cracks.
n.
1. A short-lived popular fashion; a fad.
2. A fine crack in a surface or glaze.

[Middle English crasen, to shatter, of Scandinavian origin.]

craze
Noun
a short-lived fashion or enthusiasm
Verb
[crazing, crazed]
1. to make mad
2. Ceramics, metallurgy to develop or cause to develop fine cracks: you must prevent the drill crazing the glazed surface of the tile [probably from Old Norse]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crazecraze - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
2.crazecraze - state of violent mental agitation
nympholepsy - a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
manic disorder, mania - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
epidemic hysertia, mass hysteria - a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation
3.craze - a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
crack - a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"
Verb1.craze - cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
derange, unbalance - derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him"
2.craze - develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
crack - break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"

craze
noun fad, thing, fashion, trend, passion, rage, enthusiasm, mode, vogue, novelty, preoccupation, mania, infatuation, the latest thing (informal)
Translations
Spanish craze [kreɪz] nmanía (= fashion); moda
French craze [kreɪz] nengouement m
German craze [kreɪz] nFimmel m;
to be all the craze → große Mode sein

Italian craze [kreɪz] nmania

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This craze could not last, of course, but it lasted beyond our stay in Columbus, which ended with the winter, when the Legislature adjourned, and my father's employment ceased.
I would rather you had kept the craze, so that you had kept the practice which went with it
These reflections made him waver in his purpose, but his craze being stronger than any reasoning, he made up his mind to have himself dubbed a knight by the first one he came across, following the example of others in the same case, as he had read in the books that brought him to this pass.
 
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