haze

  • 21haze — haze1 [ heız ] noun 1. ) count or uncount water, smoke, or dust in the air that makes it difficult to see clearly: There was an early morning haze across the valley. 2. ) count a situation or condition which makes it difficult for you to think… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22Haze — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Haze peut faire référence à : brume en anglais, Haze, un moyen métrage réalisé par Shin ya Tsukamoto, Haze, un FPS développé par Free Radical Design… …

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  • 23haze — 1 noun (singular, uncountable) 1 smoke, dust, or moisture in the air which makes it difficult to see through (+ of): a haze of cigarette smoke | heat haze (=a haze that forms in hot weather) 2 the feeling of being very confused and unable to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24haze — I. noun Etymology: probably back formation from hazy Date: 1706 1. a. fine dust, smoke, or light vapor causing lack of transparency of the air b. a cloudy appearance in a transparent liquid or solid; also a dullness of finish (as on furniture) 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25haze — {{11}}haze (n.) 1706, probably a back formation of HAZY (Cf. hazy). Sense of confusion, vagueness is 1797. The English differentiation of haze, MIST (Cf. mist), FOG (Cf. fog) (and other dialectal words) is unmatched in other tongues, where the… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 26haze — The condition in which horizontal visibility on the earth’s surface is greater than 2 miles (3 km) but less than 3 miles (5 km). The reduced visibility may be caused by either suspended water droplets and/or dust or smoke particles. In the latter …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 27haze — 1. noun /heɪz/ a) Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight oclock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a… …

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  • 28haze — haze1 noun 1》 a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles. 2》 a state of obscurity or confusion: through an alcoholic haze. verb obscure with a haze. Origin C18: prob. a back form. from hazy. haze2… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29haze — noun 1) a thick haze on the sea Syn: mist, fog, cloud; smoke, vapor, steam 2) a haze of euphoria Syn: blur, daze, confusion, muddle, befuddlement …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 30haze — See: IN A FOG or IN A HAZE …

    Dictionary of American idioms