"Haze" Definition

Definitions for the word "Haze" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To be hazy, or tick with haze.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 thin atmospheric vapour. 2 mental obscurity or confusion. [back-formation from *hazy]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
6. slang
to confuse and annoy a subordinate by contradictory, unnecessary, and perplexing orders.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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