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maze [meɪz] n 1. a complex network of paths or passages, esp one with high hedges in a garden, designed to puzzle those walking through it Compare labyrinth [1] 2. a similar system represented diagrammatically as a pattern of lines 3. any confusing network of streets, pathways, etc. a maze of paths 4. a state of confusion vb 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.
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maze Translations maze [ˈmeɪz] n (mythological) → labyrinthe m, dédale m (in garden, playground) → labyrinthe m (= network) → labyrinthe m, dédale m a maze of streets → un dédale de rues, un labyrinthe de rues a maze of corridors → un dédale de couloirs, un labyrinthe de couloirs maze n maze [meiz] a deliberately confusing series of paths, often surrounded by walls or hedges, from which it's difficult to find the way out I'm lost in a maze of rules and regulations. doolhof مَتاهَه лабиринт bludiště labyrint der Irrgarten λαβύρινθος laberinto rägastik مارپیچ sokkelo labyrinthe מָבוֹך भुलभुलैया, पहेली labirint labirintus labirin völundarhús labirinto 迷路 미로 raizginys, painiava, labirintas labirints berselirat doolhof labyrint labirynt labirinto labirint лабиринт bludisko labirint lavirint labyrint, irrgång ทางวกวน labirent 迷宮 лабіринт; плутанина بھول بھلیاں mê cung 迷宫 maze → متاهة bludiště labyrint Irrgarten λαβύρινθος laberinto sokkelo labyrinthe labirint labirinto 迷路 미로 doolhof labyrint labirynt labirinto лабиринт labyrint ทางวกวน labirent mê cung 迷宫 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She had interminably turned upon her tracks, she had crossed and recrossed her haphazard path till it resembled nothing so much as a puzzling maze of pencilled lines without a meaning. Harris asked me if I'd ever been in the maze at Hampton Court. She had a way of turning them swiftly upon an object and holding them there as if lost in some inward maze of contemplation or thought. |
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