Meaning
2 senses(archaic, transitive)To amaze, astonish, bewilder.
(archaic, transitive)To daze or stupefy.
Examples
37 sentencesI got lost in the maze.
Я загубився у лабіринті. — deniko
ruЯ заблудился в лабиринте. — odexed
This maze is very hard to get out of.
ruИз этого лабиринта очень сложно выбраться. — Ooneykcall
deEs ist schwierig, aus diesem Irrgarten herauszukommen. — Tamy
I finally found my way out of the confusing maze.
The boy could not find his way out of the maze.
deDer Junge konnte nicht aus dem Irrgarten herausfinden. — Manfredo
No matter how hard he tried, he could not get out of the maze.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps fFrom Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter”). More at amaze.
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Forms
mazes, mazing, mazed, mazedLessons 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.