haze
To be or become hazy, or thick with hazeTo be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
» Because of the dense haze, the road was hard to see.
Из-за густого тумана дорогу было плохо видно. — Wezel
Из-за густого тумана дорога была трудно различима. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesTo be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
become hazy, dull, or cloudy
(US, informal)To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting person, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
schinden, schikanieren
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
(transitive)In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
(transitive)To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
Examples
19 sentencesBecause of the dense haze, the road was hard to see.
ruИз-за густого тумана дорогу было плохо видно. — Wezel
The haze enveloped London.
Лондон оповив туман. — aandrusiak
ruЛондон окутал туман. — afyodor
Sami was in a foggy haze.
The mountains were lost in the haze.
deDie Berge waren im Dunst verschwunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Gunter was still in his drunken haze.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. Possibly from hawze* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century.
Possibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)
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Forms
hazes, hazing, hazed, hazedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.