English Dictionary: hazard | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for hazard | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hazard \Haz"ard\, n. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hazard \Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazarded}; p. pr. & vb. [?] {Hazarding}.] [Cf. F. hazarder. See Hazard, n.] 1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. --John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter. --Fuller. 2. To venture to incur, or bring on. I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. --Shak. They hazard to cut their feet. --Landor. Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hazard \Haz"ard\, n. [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[be]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[be]r.] 1. A game of chance played with dice. --Chaucer. 2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty. I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak. 3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. --Rogers 4. (Billiards[?]) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). 5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. [bd]Your latter hazard.[b8] --Shak. {Hazard table}, a a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes. {To ru[?] the hazard}, to take the chance or risk. Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See {Danger}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hazard \Haz"ard\, v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. --Shak. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hazard, CA Zip code(s): 90063 Hazard, KY (city, FIPS 35362) Location: 37.25296 N, 83.19528 W Population (1990): 5416 (2277 housing units) Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hazard, NE (village, FIPS 21765) Location: 41.09115 N, 99.07806 W Population (1990): 78 (40 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68844 |