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Craze

Craze Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Craze? [n] an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [n] state of violent mental agitation [v] develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics" [v] cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind Synonyms \| Synonyms for Craze: cult \| delirium \| fad \| frenzy \| furor \| furore \| fury \| hysteria \| madden \| rage Related Terms \| Find terms related to Craze: abandon \| abrade \| abrasion \| band \| bar \| bark \| belt \| birthmark \| blackhead \| bleb \| blemish \| blister \| bloody \| boutade \| brainstorm \| break \| bug \| bulla \| burn \| capriccio \| caprice \| chafe \| check \| chic \| chip \| cicatrix \| cicatrize \| claw \| comedo \| conceit \| concussion \| crack \| crackle \| crank \| crater \| crazy fancy \| crazy idea \| crotchet \| cry \| cut \| deface \| defacement \| defect \| deform \| deformation \| deformity \| delirium \| dement \| derange \| disfiguration \| disfigure \| disfigurement \| distort \| distortion \| distract \| drive insane \| drive mad \| ecstasy \| enthusiasm \| enthusiasticalness \| fad \| faddiness \| faddishness \| faddism \| faddist \| fancy \| fantastic notion \| fantasy \| fascination \| fashion \| fault \| fever \| fire and fury \| flash burn \| flaw \| flimflam \| fool notion \| fracture \| fray \| frazzle \| freak \| freakish inspiration \| freckle \| frenzy \| fret \| furor \| furore \| fury \| gall \| gash \| harebrained idea \| hemangioma \| hickey \| humor \| hurt \| hysteria \| incise \| incision \| infatuation \| injure \| injury \| intoxication \| keloid \| kink \| lacerate \| laceration \| last word \| lentigo \| lesion \| list \| mad \| madden \| madness \| maggot \| maim \| make mad \| make mincemeat of \| mania \| manic-depressive psychosis \| mar \| maul \| megrim \| milium \| mole \| mortal wound \| mutilate \| mutilation \| needle scar \| nevus \| notion \| novelty \| obsession \| orgasm \| orgy \| passing fancy \| passion \| pierce \| pimple \| pit \| pock \| pockmark \| port-wine mark \| port-wine stain \| puncture \| pustule \| quirk \| rage \| rapture \| ravishment \| rend \| rent \| rift \| rip \| run \| rupture \| savage \| scab \| scald \| scar \| scarify \| scorch \| scotch \| scrape \| scratch \| scuff \| sebaceous cyst \| second-degree burn \| send mad \| shatter \| skin \| slash \| slit \| sore \| split \| sprain \| stab \| stab wound \| stick \| strain \| strawberry mark \| streak \| streaking \| stria \| striation \| striature \| striga \| striola \| stripe \| striping \| sty \| style \| tear \| tearing passion \| thing \| third-degree burn \| towering rage \| toy \| track \| transport \| trauma \| traumatize \| trend \| twist \| unbalance \| unhinge \| vagary \| verruca \| vesicle \| vogue \| wale \| warp \| wart \| weal \| welt \| wen \| whim \| whimsy \| whim-wham \| whitehead \| wound \| wounds immedicable \| wrench \| wrinkle See Also \| crack \| derange \| fashion \| mania \| manic disorder \| nympholepsy \| unbalance Craze In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Craze\, v. i. 1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. She would weep and he would craze. --Keats. 2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery. \Craze\, n. 1. Craziness; insanity. 2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. --Prof. Wilson. 3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the [ae]sthetic craze. Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W. Pater. \Craze\, n. (Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

Craze Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Craze?

[n] an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[n] state of violent mental agitation
[v] develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
[v] cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

Craze In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\Craze\, v. i.
1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed;
   to rave; to become insane.

         She would weep and he would craze.    --Keats.

2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.


\Craze\, n.
1. Craziness; insanity.

2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

         It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his
         Jean dressed genteelly.               --Prof.
                                               Wilson.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new
   amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze;
   the [ae]sthetic craze.

         Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W.
                                               Pater.


\Craze\, n. (Ceramics)
A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure
of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

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