haze

«haze» in Mova's school dictionary: a thin mist, smoke or dust in the air that makes it hard… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (haze, a haze — mostly singular); verb (haze, hazes, hazed, hazing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A haze is a thin mist, smoke or dust in the air that makes it hard to see far. tree →

2) A haze is a confused or dreamy state of mind, as in «in a haze». tree →

3) (US) To haze someone means to make new members of a group do silly, embarrassing or dangerous things as a test; this is a kind of bullying. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, heat haze, smog and pollution; in stories, a dreamy or sleepy feeling; in safety and US news, hazing is harmful and against the rules; phrases: heat haze, in a haze.

examples

• A heat haze shimmered over the road. tree →
• The city was hidden in a haze of smoke. tree →
• I was in a haze after waking up. tree →
• Bushfire smoke left a brown haze over Sydney. tree →
• Hazing new team members is dangerous and banned. tree →
• The weather was fine and the sea and sky were both blue and soft in the tender haze of the summer morning. tree →

note

Adjective: hazy. Usually «a haze» or «the haze». Hazing (US) is bullying, not a joke.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «haze» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.