craze

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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	craze - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" fad, furor, furore, cult, rage fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
	2.	craze - state of violent mental agitation delirium, frenzy, hysteria, fury 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"
Verb	1.	craze - cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind madden 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"

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craze

noun fad, thing, fashion, trend, passion, rage, enthusiasm, mode, vogue, novelty, preoccupation, mania, infatuation, the latest thing (informal)

Translations

craze [kreɪz] n → manía (= fashion); moda

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craze [kreɪz] n → engouement m

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craze [kreɪz] n → Fimmel m;

to be all the craze → große Mode sein

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craze [kreɪz] n → mania