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Share This craze Audio Help / kreɪz / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ kreyz ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, crazed, craz·ing, noun –verb (used with object) 1. to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.
2. to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.
3. British Dialect .
4. Archaic . to craze one's health.
5. Obsolete .
–verb (used without object) 6. to become insane; go mad.
7. to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.
8. Metallurgy . a. (of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings; worm.
b. (of an ingot) to develop an alligator skin as a result of being teemed into an old and worn mold.
9. Archaic .
–noun 10. a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania: the newest dance craze.
11. insanity; an insane condition.
12. a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.
13. Obsolete .
[Origin:
1325–75; ME
crasen to crush < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw
krasa to shatter, crush
]
—Synonyms 10 .
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crazed , craz·ing , craz·es
tr.
To cause to become mentally deranged or obsessed; make insane.
To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
intr.
To become mentally deranged or obsessed; go insane.
To become covered with fine cracks.
A short-lived popular fashion; a fad.
A fine crack in a surface or glaze.
crasen , to shatter , of Scandinavian origin .]
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Craze\ (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Crazed (kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Crazing .] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]craser 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.
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