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haze

[heyz]

noun

an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.

vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.: The victims were still in a haze and couldn't describe the accident.

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to make or become hazy.

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Origin:
1700–10; perhaps noun use of Middle English *hase; Old English hasu, variant of haswa ashen, dusky. See hazy, hare

Related forms

haze·less, adjective

Synonyms
2. See cloud.

Example Sentences

Brennan said the groups sold cocaine and a high-potency strain of marijuana called purple haze.

Sun peeking through the haze and the flotilla of big, grey clouds.

Seeing them in print now has that vague quality of the numb haze after too much wine the late night before.

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Brennan said the groups sold cocaine and a high-potency strain of marijuana called purple haze.

Sun peeking through the haze and the flotilla of big, grey clouds.

Seeing them in print now has that vague quality of the numb haze after too much wine the late night before.

Winter is a good time for stargazing because the haze caused by summer's humidity in many parts of the country is gone.

Smog cloaks cities, reducing the sky to little more than a blue patch amid a blanket of haze.

The revitalized flames erupted, engulfing the region in a haze of soot, carbon monoxide and compounds of sulfur and nitrogen.

Tall and slender, this perennial sways in the wind and delivers a lovely blue haze of flowers through much of summer.

The sky is thick with gray haze and one can smell burning forests.

In one room, the smokers are creating a haze that will thicken as the day wears on.

Instead they found themselves staring into a thick brown haze.

So her team examined nearby skinny galaxies in infrared, which can penetrate the haze.

Low-orbit satellites have sensors that can penetrate through haze and clouds, making it easier for them to produce clear images.

And the lavender isn't the haze of blue the way it was a few months ago.

Secret weapons research is surrounded by a haze of speculation, misinformation and fantasy at the best of times.

Roadsides and fields are touched with the purple-blue haze of the native asters.

It's time to wake up from the haze of the torpor we've been lurching under, for decades.

The sun itself is too hot to photograph unless it is masked by haze or some object.

It cannot possibly hurt to switch to fuel and energy sources that do not create a haze of carbon dioxide over our cities.

Haze and dust kept spectators from seeing much of the fiery action.

The soft air enveloping the archipelago blends into a beautiful palm-fringed haze.

Adding to the urban haze is a more familiar enemy: old-fashioned pollution.

These chemicals react with sunlight to produce smog, a thick fog or haze of air pollution.

Shortly after the flame winks out, the rocket disappears in the blue haze.

The desert was almost bare of plants and finally dissolved, far off, in a gray haze.

At the top of the steps, he saw the robot through the haze.

Everything seen increasingly through a haze of alcohol as the evening proceeds and as tongues and mannerisms are loosened.

The work sends a haze of dust into the thin mountain air.

Made up of the tiny particles created when fuel is burned, this haze drifts.

Every computer model of a stratospheric haze shows some decrease in rainfall, though the details vary.

But over generations, the science of skeleton was lost in the haze of history.

He looked up and noticed an odd haze at the far end of the office.

He followed his family into the garment trade but left that business of sequins and velvet in a haze of distrust.

Gases rising high into the stratosphere would have mixed with water vapor to create a thin haze of sulfate.

The stars remain clouded by a haze of obscuring dust.

Ultraviolet radiation and winds from the cluster have carved out a cavity in the haze of interstellar smog around.

Finkbeiner and his colleagues speculated that the haze was produced by dark matter.

Another would be an atmospheric haze produced by the companion star, obscuring the luminosity.

If the wind kicks up, the world becomes a twilight zone of milky haze.

It would be a while before the memory of daily body counts receded into a haze of happy ganja smoke.

The haze also is responsible for hundreds of thousands of premature deaths from respiratory.

Haze reduced sunlight, and acid rain destroyed crops and livestock.

And while a thick haze from vehicle exhaust and improperly regulated industry hangs over.

But in winter, it is a city of church bells, haze and a slow pace that reveals its soul.

Electronic freak-out music can leave the audience in a haze of confusion, with nary a clue about which way is up.

While the region's air is healthier, it still has a brownish haze at times and often reduces visibility.

It's about childhood softened by the haze of distance.

For many of the soldiers, the mission had long dissolved in haze of boredom.

The haze of cigarette smoke thickens around the huddled players.

His courtroom manner was casual and conversational, which tended to lull his adversaries into a fatal haze of complacency.

The chairlift hummed and levitated in a void, a blank haze closing in, the slopes below faded to a bottomless white.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), hazed, haz·ing.

to subject (freshmen, newcomers, etc.) to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule.

Chiefly Nautical. to harass with unnecessary or disagreeable tasks.

Origin:
1670–80; < Middle French haser to irritate, annoy

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World English Dictionary

haze¹ (heɪz)

—n
1.	meteorol
	a. reduced visibility in the air as a result of condensed water vapour, dust, etc, in the atmosphere
	b. the moisture or dust causing this
2.	obscurity of perception, feeling, etc

—vb (when intr, often foll by over)
3.	to make or become hazy

[C18: back formation from hazy]

haze² (heɪz)

—vb
1.	chiefly (US), (Canadian) to subject (fellow students) to ridicule or abuse
2.	nautical to harass with humiliating tasks

[C17: of uncertain origin]

'hazer²

—n

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Word Origin & History

haze

see hazy.

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haze

"subject to cruel horseplay," 1850, Amer.Eng. student slang, from earlier nautical sense of "punish by keeping at unpleasant and unnecessary hard work" (1840), perhaps from hawze "terrify, frighten, confound" (1670s), from M.Fr. haser "irritate, annoy" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin.

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Idioms & Phrases

haze

see in a fog (haze).

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