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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024maze /meɪz/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a confusing network of paths;
labyrinth:a maze of corridors. - a complicated, perplexing system:a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024maze (māz),USA pronunciation n., v., mazed, maz•ing. n. - a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- any complex system or arrangement that causes bewilderment, confusion, or perplexity:Her petition was lost in a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
- a state of bewilderment or confusion.
- a winding movement, as in dancing.
v.t. - Slang Terms[Chiefly Dial.]to daze, perplex, or stupefy.
- Middle English mase, noun, nominal use of aphetic variant of amasen to amaze 1250–1300
mazed•ly (māzd′lē, mā′zid-),USA pronunciation adv. mazed′ness, n. maze′like′, adj. |