a confusing, intricate network of winding pathways; labyrinth; specif., such a network with one or more blind alleys, used in psychological experiments and tests
a state of confusion or bewilderment
See maze in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(māz)
noun
a. An intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth.
b. A physical situation in which it is easy to get lost: a maze of bureaucratic divisions.
A graphic puzzle, the solution of which is an uninterrupted path through an intricate pattern of line segments from a starting point to a goal.
Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle: a maze of government regulations.
transitive verbmazedmazed, maz·ing, maz·es Chiefly Southern U.S.
