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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRAZE, v.t. [See Crush.]
1. To break; to weaken; to break or impair the natural force or energy of.
Till length of years, and sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.
2. To crush in pieces; to grind to powder; as, to craze tin.
3. To crack the brain; to shatter; to impair the intellect; as, to be crazed with love or grief.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (crazed; crazing) Etymology: Middle English crasen to crush, craze, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish krasa to crush Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete break, shatter 2. to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of <crazed glass> 3. to make insane or as if insane <crazed by pain and fear> intransitive verb 1. archaic shatter, break 2. to become insane 3. to develop a mesh of fine cracks II. noun Date: 1812 1. an exaggerated and often transient enthusiasm ; mania <the latest craze in music> 2. a crack in a surface or coating (as of glaze or enamel) Synonyms: see fashion

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (usu. as crazed adj.) make insane (crazed with grief). 2 a tr. produce fine surface cracks on (pottery glaze etc.). b intr. develop such cracks. --n. 1 a a usu. temporary enthusiasm (a craze for hula hoops). b the object of this. 2 an insane fancy or condition. Etymology: ME, orig. = break, shatter, perh. f. ON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Craze Craze, n. (Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Craze Craze, v. i. 1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. She would weep and he would craze. --Keats. 2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Craze Craze, n. 1. Craziness; insanity. 2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. --Prof. Wilson. 3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the [ae]sthetic craze. Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W. Pater.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. --Milton. 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton. 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. --Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(crazes) If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time. Walking is the latest fitness craze. = fad N-COUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Make crazy, make insane, madden, drive wild, derange. 2. Impair, weaken, confuse, throw into disorder, disarrange.

Moby Thesaurus

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