haze

noun

/heɪz/

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[countable, uncountable] air that is difficult to see through because it contains very small drops of water, especially caused by hot weather
- a heat haze
- In the evenings a blue haze hung in the valleys.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- thick
- faint
- thin
- …
haze + verb
- hang
- shimmer
- surround something
- …
preposition
- in a/the haze
- through a/the haze
- haze of
- …
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[singular] air containing something that makes it difficult to see through it
- a haze of smoke/dust/steam
Extra Examples
- Meetings are always conducted in a haze of cigarette smoke.
- The sun now had a faint golden haze around it.
Topics Weatherc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- thick
- faint
- thin
- …
haze + verb
- hang
- shimmer
- surround something
- …
preposition
- in a/the haze
- through a/the haze
- haze of
- …
See full entry
[singular] a mental state in which your thoughts, feelings, etc. are not clear
- an alcoholic haze
- a haze of pain

Word Originnoun early 18th cent. (originally denoting fog or hoar frost): probably a back-formation from hazy.

haze

verb

/heɪz/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they haze	/heɪz/ /heɪz/
he / she / it hazes	/ˈheɪzɪz/ /ˈheɪzɪz/
past simple hazed	/heɪzd/ /heɪzd/
past participle hazed	/heɪzd/ /heɪzd/
-ing form hazing	/ˈheɪzɪŋ/ /ˈheɪzɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] haze (something) to become covered or to cover something in a haze
[transitive] haze somebody (North American English) to play tricks on somebody, especially a new student or somebody who has just joined the army, or to give them very unpleasant things to do, sometimes as a condition for entering a fraternity or sorority
- Rookies were mercilessly hazed.

Word Originverb sense 1 early 18th cent. (originally denoting fog or hoar frost): probably a back-formation from hazy. verb sense 2 late 17th cent. (originally Scots and dialect in the sense ‘frighten, scold, or beat’): perhaps related to obsolete French haser ‘tease or insult’.