'Maze' definitions:
Definition of 'maze'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Maze'
From: GCIDE
- Maze \Maze\ (m[=a]z), n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. masa to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.]
- 1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. --Wordaworth. [1913 Webster]
- The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes bwilderment; as, a maze of environemntal regulations. [PJC]
- Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See Labyrinth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Maze'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Maze'
From: GCIDE
- Maze \Maze\, v. i. To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- amaze,
- baffle,
- ball up,
- bamboozle,
- beat,
- becloud,
- bedazzle,
- befuddle,
- befuddlement,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- boggle,
- bother,
- botheration,
- buffalo,
- bug,
- can of worms,
- chaos,
- Chinese puzzle,
- cloud,
- complex,
- confound,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- conglomeration,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- discombobulate,
- discombobulation,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disorientation,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- entangle,
- floor,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- frenzy,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fuss,
- get,
- Gordian knot,
- gordian knot,
- haze,
- hodgepodge,
- intricacy,
- jumble,
- jungle,
- keep in suspense,
- knot,
- labyrinth,
- lick,
- meander,
- mesh,
- mess,
- miscellany,
- mishmash,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- morass,
- muddle,
- muddleheadedness,
- muddlement,
- mystify,
- nonplus,
- perplex,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- pucker,
- put out,
- puzzle,
- raise hell,
- rattle,
- ravel,
- Rube Goldberg contraption,
- ruffle,
- shuffle,
- skein,
- snafu,
- snake pit,
- snarl,
- stew,
- stick,
- stump,
- sweat,
- swivet,
- tangle,
- tangled skein,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- tizzy,
- unsettle,
- unsettlement,
- upset,
- web,
- webwork,
- wheels within wheels,
- wilderness