haze Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
  2. noun confusion characterized by lack of clarity
    fog; daze.
  3. verb become hazy, dull, or cloudy
  4. verb harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

WordNet

Haze noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. höss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.
Definitions
  1. Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
    O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson.
    Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble.
Haze intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be hazy, or tick with haze. Ray.
Haze transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. hæssen ham.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hazed ; present participle & verbal noun Hazing
Definitions
  1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
  2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

Webster 1913