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CRAZE
craze
(noun) a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage
(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; “he always follows the latest fads”; “it was all the rage that season”
craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria
(noun) state of violent mental agitation
craze
(verb) develop a fine network of cracks; “Crazed ceramics”
madden, craze
(verb) cause to go crazy; cause to lose one’s mind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
craze (plural crazes)
(archaic) craziness; insanity.
A strong habitual desire or fancy.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad
(ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
Verb
craze (third-person singular simple present crazes, present participle crazing, simple past and past participle crazed)
(archaic) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
(transitive, intransitive) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Anagrams
• Rezac
Source: Wiktionary
Craze (krz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (krzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] Etym: [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl, to break to pieces, F. to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]
1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.
2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. Milton.
3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. Shak.
Craze, v. i.
1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as She would weep and he would craze. Keats.
2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Craze, n.
1. Craziness; insanity.
2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. Prof. Wilson.
3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze. Various crazes concerning health and disease. W. Pater.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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