maze

maze  (mz)

n.

1.

a. An intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth.

b. A physical situation in which it is easy to get lost: a maze of bureaucratic divisions.

2. A graphic puzzle, the solution of which is an uninterrupted path through an intricate pattern of line segments from a starting point to a goal.

3. Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle: a maze of government regulations.

tr.v. mazed, maz·ing, maz·es Chiefly Southern U.S.

1. To bewilder or astonish.

2. To stupefy; daze. See Regional Note at possum.

---

[Middle English mase, confusion, maze, from masen, to confuse, daze, from Old English masian, to confound; see amaze.]

---

maze

Noun

1. a complex network of paths or passages designed to puzzle people who try and find their way through or out of it

2. a puzzle in which the player must trace a path through a complex network of lines without touching or crossing any of them

3. any confusing network or system: a maze of regulations [from amaze]

---

Maze a complexity of winding paths or passages.

Examples: maze of arteries, 1615; of bracken and briar, 1872; of history, 1781; of metaphor and music, 1837; of dirty traditions and foolish ceremonies, 1542.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maze - complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost labyrinth system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
	2.	maze - something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" tangle, snarl perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

---

maze

noun web, puzzle, confusion, tangle, snarl, mesh, labyrinth, imbroglio, convolutions, complex network

Translations

maze [meɪz] n → laberinto

---

maze [meɪz] n → labyrinthe m, dédale m

---

maze [meɪz] n → Irrgarten m (fig); Wirrwarr m

---

maze [meɪz] n → labirinto, dedalo