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haz·ard
I. \ˈhazə(r)d\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English hasard, hazard, from Middle French hasard, from Arabic az-zahr the die
1.
a. : a game of chance like craps played with two dice
b. : chuck-a-luck
2.
a. : an adverse chance (as of being lost, injured, or defeated) : danger, peril
< the discovery of atomic fission brought into hazard the industrial potential of any state which could not destroy its enemy before it was itself destroyed — H.J.Laski >
b. : a thing or condition that might operate against success or safety : a possible source of peril, danger, duress, or difficulty
< a coast visited by frequent dense fogs and mountains subject to violent storms constitute hazards to air travel — American Guide Series: California >
c. : a condition that tends to create or increase the possibility of loss
3.
a. : the effect of unpredictable, unplanned, and unanalyzable forces in determining events : chance
< men and women danced together, women danced together, men danced together, as hazard had brought them together — Charles Dickens >
b. : an event occurring without design, forethought, or direction : accident
< looked like a fugitive, who had escaped from something in clothes caught up at hazard — Willa Cather >
4. : something risked (as stakes in gaming)
5. : one of the winning openings in a court-tennis court — compare dedans, grille, winning gallery
6. : a stroke by which a pool ball is holed after contact with another ball — compare losing hazard, winning hazard
7. : a golf-course obstacle restricting the player's stroke (as a bunker, sand trap, watercourse)
Synonyms: see chance, danger
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II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English hasarder, from hasard
1.
a. : to lay open to the risk of being lost, captured, or taken in or as if in a game of chance : gamble, bet, venture
< hazarded a week's salary on a single turn of the cards >
< asked him to hazard a small sum in a business venture >
b. : to expose to possible risk of loss or damage
< so as not to hazard other buildings — New York City Fire Dept. Manual >
2. : to take the risk of:
a. : to accept the chances and dangers of, venturing and daring to proceed or undertake despite them
< decided to hazard an open battle >
b. : to have the courage to put forward or offer and expose to possible rebuff or censure (as a guess or suggestion)
< dares not hazard a prophecy — W.R.Sharp >
Synonyms: see venture |