[syn: madden, craze]
2. develop a fine network of cracks;
- Example: "Crazed ceramics"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Craze \Craze\, v. i.
1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed;
to rave; to become insane.
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She would weep and he would craze. --Keats.
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2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Craze \Craze\, n.
1. Craziness; insanity.
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2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
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It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his
Jean dressed genteelly. --Prof.
Wilson.
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3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new
amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad; as, the bric-a-brac
craze; the [ae]sthetic craze.
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Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W.
Pater.
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4. (Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is
caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular
heat.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Craze \Craze\ (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed
(kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break,
fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle,
sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]craser to crush,
fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]
1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See
Crase.
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God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And
craze their chariot wheels. --Milton.
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2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]
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Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton.
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3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
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Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits.
--Tilloston.
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Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
craze
n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage]
2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium,
frenzy, fury, hysteria]
3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden,
craze]
2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"