An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
HAZED
Verb
hazed
simple past tense and past participle of haze
Adjective
hazed (comparative more hazed, superlative most hazed)
Affected by haze; hazy.
(of a photograph) Clouded, especially due to accidental exposure to light.
(Australia, slang) Drunk.
Synonyms
• (affected by haze): cloudy, foggy; see also nebulous
• (clouded): blurry, overexposed; see also indistinct
• (drunk): See drunk
Source: Wiktionary
HAZE
Haze, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. höss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.]
Definition: Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness. O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson. Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble.
Haze, v. i.
Definition: To be hazy, or tick with haze. Ray.
Haze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hazing.] [Also haze.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. hæssen ham.]
1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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