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haze en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /heɪz/
• hāz

Etymology

* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
   • Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze, accompanied with rain. 1772 December, James Cook, chapter 2, in A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World, volume 1:
   • Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
   • A blue haze, half dust, half mist, touched the long valley with mystery. 1895, H.G. Wells, The Cone:
2. (uncountable, usually) A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
3. (uncountable, usually) An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
   • The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses.
   • The furniture has a haze, possibly from some kind of wax.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
   • In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret. 1957, Daphne du Maurier, The Scapegoat, →ISBN, page 218:
   • But these tasks are difficult for the recent history of the form, since our perceptions are clouded by the haze of historical proximity. 1994, Michael Thomas Roeder, A History of the Concerto, page 312:
   • Because he chose to be "a citizen of somewhere else," we glimpse him now only "through the haze of memory." 2005, Dane Anthony Morrison, Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory, page 179:
   • And is it that the haze of grief ⁠Hath stretch’d my former joy so great? ⁠The lowness of the present state, That sets the past in this relief? 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 41:
   • I've spent years in a haze, trying to forget my past. Sakaar seemed like the best place to drink, and to forget... and to die, one day. 2017, Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, directed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok, spoken by Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson):
5. (qualifier:packaging, uncountable, usually) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
   • Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film. 1998, Leonard I. Nass, Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC, →ISBN, page 318:
6. (countable, usually) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
   • Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes. 1985, Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking, →ISBN, page 69:

Forms

Deriveds

smaze · laze · hazee · purple haze · wet haze · Arctic haze · hazen · heat haze · dry haze · haze over · dehaze · damp haze · hazeless · hazy

Hyponyms

vog · smaze · qobar · smog

Translations (91)

it opacità (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · it cortina (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · mi kōrehurehu (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it velatura (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · ms jerebu (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it torbidezza (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · it foschia (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fr brouillard (figurative haze, such as mental confusion) · it sedimento (substance causing turbidity in beer or wine) · cmn 霾 (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it stato confusionale (figurative haze, such as mental confusion) · cs kouřmo (very fine particles suspended in the air) · pl mgiełka (very fine particles suspended in the air) · bg мътност (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · fr voile (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · ca calima (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ca calitja (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ru ды́мка (very fine particles suspended in the air) · bg мъгла (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fi himmeys (degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) · pl otumanienie (mental confusion) · nl troebeling (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · fi utu (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ny nkhúngu (very fine particles suspended in the air) · cmn 薄霧 /薄雾 (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ro abureală (very fine particles suspended in the air) · pl mgła (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fi usva (very fine particles suspended in the air) · gl zarzallo (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fi sameus (substance causing turbidity in beer or wine) · ko 연무 (very fine particles suspended in the air) · cmn 煙霧 /烟雾 (very fine particles suspended in the air) · es bruma (very fine particles suspended in the air) · sv dis (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fi autere (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fa نزم (very fine particles suspended in the air) · pt névoa (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fr trouble (figurative haze, such as mental confusion) · sv töcken (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ru ту́склость (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · fr brume (very fine particles suspended in the air) · es calina (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it impurità (degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) · cmn 靄 /霭 (very fine particles suspended in the air) · nl waas (mental confusion) · ja 煙霧 (very fine particles suspended in the air) · az çən (very fine particles suspended in the air) · gl caruxeiro (very fine particles suspended in the air) · gl parruma (very fine particles suspended in the air) · mk ма́гла (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ko 헤이즈 (degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) · it velo (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · hi धुंध (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fi sekavuus (mental confusion) · nl stofwolk (very fine particles suspended in the air) · uk імла (very fine particles suspended in the air) · gl bretemada (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ru мгла (very fine particles suspended in the air) · et uduvine (very fine particles suspended in the air) · bg мътност (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · ro ceață (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fo tám (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it impurità (substance causing turbidity in beer or wine) · pl otumanienie (figurative haze, such as mental confusion) · mi kōkōuri (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it nebbia (very fine particles suspended in the air) · id jerebu (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it patina (dullness of finish on a highly reflective surface) · de Trübung (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · gl melura (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it torbidità (degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) · id kabur (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fr trouble (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · tr pus (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ru помутне́ние (figurative haze, such as mental confusion) · nl heiigheid (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ar عَجَاج (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ru ту́склость (degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) · es calima (very fine particles suspended in the air) · he אובך (very fine particles suspended in the air) · mi kōkorouri (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it torbidità (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · it ristagno (substance causing turbidity in beer or wine) · ru тума́н (very fine particles suspended in the air) · ru помутне́ние (mental confusion) · fr poudroiement (very fine particles suspended in the air) · it torbidezza (degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) · nl waas (loss of transparency in a clear solid or liquid) · th ฝุ่นควัน (very fine particles suspended in the air) · de Dunst (very fine particles suspended in the air) · fi auer (very fine particles suspended in the air)

haze en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /heɪz/
• hāz

Etymology

* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).

Meanings

1. To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
   • Pyramids of clouds now fringed its edge, and the centre had hazed into a sandy mist. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 268:

Forms

haze en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /heɪz/
• hāz

Etymology

Possibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)

Meanings

1. (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.
2. To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
   • […] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […] 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter I, in The Understanding Heart:
3. (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
4. (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
   • Hazing a bear involves creating a "negative experience for a bear that seeks out human food or loses its natural avoidance of humans and developed areas," the release said. That involves using non-lethal rubber shotgun slugs, or rubber rounds and noise-deterrent rounds in sequence to scare bears away, according to the release. 2016 July 18, Annie Zak, “Brown bear seriously injured in 'hazing' attempt in Southeast Alaska”, in Anchorage Daily News:

Forms

Deriveds

hazee · hazer

Translations (14)

es hacer la novatada (to perform an initiation ritual) · it fare saltare (force to do hard work) · fi simputtaa (to perform an initiation ritual) · nl dopen (as in studentendoop) (to perform an initiation ritual) · fr bizuter (to perform an initiation ritual) · es novatar (to perform an initiation ritual) · de schinden (to perform an initiation ritual) · af ontgroen (to perform an initiation ritual) · fi mopottaa (to perform an initiation ritual) · de schikanieren (to perform an initiation ritual) · es novatear (to perform an initiation ritual) · sv nolla (to perform an initiation ritual) · nl ontgroenen (to perform an initiation ritual) · af doop (to perform an initiation ritual)