maze
labyrinth; any complex system that causes confusion: a maze of government regulations; a state of bewilderment: The crowded street was a maze of pushing and screaming people.
Not to be confused with:
maize – a pale yellow resembling the color of corn: She wore a lovely maize dress.
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maze
(māz)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 US
1. To bewilder or astonish.
2. To stupefy; daze.
[Middle English mase, confusion, maze, from masen, to confuse, daze, from Old English āmasian, to confound; see amaze.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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 labyrinth1
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
an archaic or dialect word for amaze
[C13: see amaze]
ˈmazeˌlike adj
ˈmazement n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
maze
(meɪz)n., v. mazed, maz•ing. n.
1. a confusing network of paths or passages; labyrinth.
2. an intricate system that daunts or perplexes.
3. Chiefly Dial. a state of bewilderment.
v.t. 4. Chiefly Dial. to daze; stupefy.
[1250–1300; Middle English mase, n. use of aph. variant of amasen to amaze]
mazed•ly (ˈmeɪzd li, ˈmeɪ zɪd-) adv.
mazed′ness, n.
maze′like`, adj.
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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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
maze
Past participle: mazed
Gerund: mazing
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  maze - complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lostsystem - 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" perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity |
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maze
noun web, puzzle, confusion, tangle, snarl, mesh, labyrinth, imbroglio, convolutions, complex network the maze of rules and regulations a maze of dimly-lit corridors
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maze
nounverb
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Translations
مَتَاهَةٌمَتاهَه
bludiště
labyrint
sokkelolabyrintti
labirint
völundarhús
迷路
미로
raizginys
labirints
bludisko
labyrint
ทางวกวน
mê cung
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
a maze of streets → un dédale de rues, un labyrinthe de rues
a maze of corridors → un dédale de couloirs, un labyrinthe de couloirs
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
maze
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
maze
(meiz) noun 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
maze
→ مَتَاهَةٌ bludiště labyrint Irrgarten λαβύρινθος laberinto sokkelo labyrinthe labirint labirinto 迷路 미로 doolhof labyrint labirynt labirinto лабиринт labyrint ทางวกวน labirent mê cung 迷宫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
maze
n. laberinto.
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