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Maze

Maze Meaning & Definition
Maze Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maze?

[n] complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
[n] something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maze: labyrinth | snarl | tangle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maze: addle | addle the wits | amaze | baffle | ball up | bamboozle | beat | becloud | bedazzle | befuddle | befuddlement | bewilder | bewilderment | boggle | bother | botheration | buffalo | bug | can of worms | chaos | Chinese puzzle | cloud | complex | confound | confuse | confusion | conglomeration | daze | dazzle | discombobulate | discombobulation | discomfit | discomfiture | discompose | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertion | disorder | disorganization | disorganize | disorient | disorientation | disturb | disturbance | embarrass | embarrassment | entangle | floor | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | frenzy | fuddle | fuddlement | fuss | get | Gordian knot | haze | hodgepodge | intricacy | jumble | jungle | keep in suspense | knot | labyrinth | lick | meander | mesh | mess | miscellany | mishmash | mist | mix up | moider | morass | muddle | muddleheadedness | muddlement | mystify | nonplus | perplex | perplexity | perturb | perturbation | pother | pucker | put out | puzzle | raise hell | rattle | ravel | Rube Goldberg contraption | ruffle | shuffle | skein | snafu | snake pit | snarl | stew | stick | stump | sweat | swivet | tangle | tangled skein | throw | throw into confusion | tizzy | unsettle | unsettlement | upset | web | webwork | wheels within wheels | wilderness

See Also | perplexity | system

Maze In Webster's Dictionary

\Maze\, n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. masa to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.] 1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment. 3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth. ``Quaint mazes on the wanton green.'' --Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. --Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See {Labyrinth}.
\Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mazing}.] To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. --South.
\Maze\, v. i. To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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