maze Definition
maze (māz)
transitive verb mazed, maz′·ing
- to stupefy; daze
- to confuse; bewilder
Etymology: ME masen, to confuse, puzzle, aphetic for OE amasian: see amaze
noun
- 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
maze Synonyms
maze
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Antonyms
maze Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- alleyway: A maze of little alleyways lead up from the shore below the palace gardens.
- alley: The village is a maze of narrow alleys, topped by a 12th century church.
- corridor: You have to negotiate the maze of corridors, which are obstructed by toys or dead ends.
- tunnel: Under the streets is a maze of tunnels, with ladders going up around certain points of the map.
Converse of object
- navigate: To navigate the maze you need a special suit that protects you from the attacks of the resident monsters.
- bewilder: It is a bewildering maze of funds equally matched by complex application procedures.
- negotiate: The wall follower must negotiate the maze; it must not climb or jump over the walls of the maze.
Adjective modifier
- unicursal: However, I have decided that a unicursal maze is an abstract pattern made by a single line, or a few crossing lines.
- Cretan: There is another way of scaling up a Cretan maze.
- phreatic: At the bottom of the traverse a phreatic maze leads back to the junction.
- intricate: The plot leads the viewer through the intricate maze of the circumstances that lead to a major food poisoning outbreak.
- labyrinthine: Meander through Venice's labyrinthine maze of canals and alleyways.
- veritable: The ' Rabbit Warren ' is a veritable maze of passages, the main ones however, much larger than those required by rabbits.
Modifies a noun
solver: The maze solver has no knowledge of the current position of the mouse.
Noun used with modifier
- micromouse: At the center of the micromouse maze shall be an opening composed of 4 unit squares.
- yew: The garden has the oldest yew hedge maze in England.
- maize: Even enormous maize mazes which are cut out of fields of growing corn and which last for a single summer season.
- turf: The furthest end of the garden is terminated with a blue brick and turf maze.
- hedge: The garden has the oldest yew hedge maze in England.
- spiral: Hence, there is a case for the spiral maze theory which archeologists are willing to entertain.

