maze

/ˈmeɪz/

name 4noun 3verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

complex, intricate, tortuous

VERB + MAZE

be/get lost in

find your way through

She carefully found her way through the hedge maze at the garden, finally reaching the center.

PREP

in a/the ~, through a/the ~

We got lost in the maze at the amusement park last summer.

~ of

The city streets formed a confusing maze of narrow alleyways that tourists struggled to navigate.

Definitions

noun

A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.

There's plenty for toddlers too: experience the Wild West in Bear City, play with sand diggers, splash in the paddling pool and discover meerkats, reptiles and alpacas in the Zoo-Farm. Rain doesn't stop play, just head for the indoor fun factory with a rocking and rolling tugboat, mirror maze, ferris wheel and soft play.

Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.

A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

The project developer, Poseidon Resources Corp., has been winding its way through a maze of state and local agencies for six years

Confusion of thought; state of bewilderment.

But first they came to Canterbury, an olde Citie, somewhat decayed, yet beautiful to behold, most famous for a Cathedrall Church, the very Maiestie whereoff, stroke them into a maze, where they saw many monuments, and heard tell of greater, then either they euer saw, or easely would beleeue.

verb

To amaze, astonish, bewilder.

they so mazed and even stupified his Conscience

To daze or stupefy.

mazed […] by the eyes of the crowd

She rowed back alone, the simple soul that was in her forwandered and mazed with excess of joy.

name

A surname.

A former prison in Northern Ireland; in full, HM Prison Maze.

A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, the site of the former prison (Irish grid ref J 2261).

An unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to ge

labyrinth

noun — something jumbled or confused

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

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The project developer, Poseidon Resources Corp., has been winding its way through a maze of state and local agencies for six years

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they so mazed and even stupified his Conscience

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mazed […] by the eyes of the crowd

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She rowed back alone, the simple soul that was in her forwandered and mazed with excess of joy.

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Usage Notes

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