maze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maze	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for maze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maze n complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost Synonym(s): maze, labyrinth something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" Synonym(s): tangle, snarl, maze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maze \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mazing}.] To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maze \Maze\, v. i. To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maze \Maze\, 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. 2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment. 3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth. [bd]Quaint mazes on the wanton green.[b8] --Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. --Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See {Labyrinth}.