maze

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A maze in a formal garden.

noun

The definition of a maze is a system of paths that is difficult to navigate.
1. An example of a maze is a labyrinth of tall corn stalks.
2. An example of a maze is a series of regulations that are confusing and seem to contradict each other.

verb

Maze is defined as to daze or confuse.
An example of maze is someone yelling at you in a language you don't understand.

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maze

transitive verb

mazed, maz′ing

to stupefy; daze
to confuse; bewilder

Origin of maze

Middle English masen, to confuse, puzzle, aphetic for Old English amasian: see amaze

a confusing, intricate network of winding pathways; specif., such a network with one or more pathways that are shut off at their ends, used as in behavioral testing of animals
any situation characterized by confusing or bewildering complexity

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maze

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 verb

mazed, maz·ing, maz·es Chiefly Southern US

To bewilder or astonish.
To stupefy; daze.

Origin of maze

Middle English mase confusion, maze from masen to confuse, daze from Old English āmasian to confound ; see amaze .

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Noun

(plural mazes)

A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.
Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present mazes, present participle mazing, simple past and past participle mazed)

to amaze, astonish, bewilder
to daze, stupefy, or confuse

Origin

Middle English mase, from an aphetic variant of Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder"), or perhaps from Old English *mÃ¦s "delusion, bewilderment". Akin to Old English Ämasian (“to perplex, confound"), Icelandic masa (“to chatter"). More at amaze.

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