haze
noun
[ heɪz ]
• a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles.
• "the cold air has no pollution and very little haze"
Similar:
mist,
fog,
cloud,
smog,
cloudiness,
mistiness,
fogginess,
smokiness,
vapour,
steam,
clag,
• a state of mental confusion.
• "an alcoholic haze"
haze
verb
• obscure with a haze.
• "a clump of islands, very green, but hazed in cloud and mist"
Origin:
early 18th century (originally denoting fog or hoar frost): probably a back-formation from hazy.
haze
verb
• force (a new or potential recruit to the military or a university fraternity) to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks.
• "rookies were mercilessly hazed"
• drive (cattle) while on horseback.
• "he hazed them on and they clambered up through the rocks"
Origin:
late 17th century (originally Scots and dialect in the sense ‘frighten, scold, or beat’): perhaps related to obsolete French haser ‘tease or insult’.
