haze
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Is haze a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.Examples: "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?"; "In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret."; "But these tasks are difficult for the recent history of the form, since our perceptions are clouded by the haze of historical proximity."figurativelyuncountableusually
2. (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.Examples: "Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film."uncountableusually
3. (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.Examples: "Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes."countableusually
verb (English)
1. (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.USinformal
2. (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.transitive
3. (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.Examples: "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."transitive
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