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CRAZE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does craze mean?

• CRAZE (noun)
The noun CRAZE has 3 senses:

1. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
2. state of violent mental agitation
3. a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

Familiarity information: CRAZE used as a noun is uncommon.

• CRAZE (verb)
The verb CRAZE has 2 senses:

1. cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
2. develop a fine network of cracks

Familiarity information: CRAZE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRAZE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An interest followed with exaggerated zeal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

furore; furor; fad; craze; cult; rage

Context examples:

he always follows the latest fads / it was all the rage that season

Hypernyms ("craze" is a kind of...):

fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

State of violent mental agitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hysteria; delirium; frenzy; fury; craze

Hypernyms ("craze" is a kind of...):

mania; manic disorder (a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "craze"):

nympholepsy (a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable)

epidemic hysertia; mass hysteria (a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A fine crack in a glaze or other surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("craze" is a kind of...):

crack (a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts)

• CRAZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

craze; madden

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "craze"):

derange; unbalance (derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Develop a fine network of cracks

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Crazed ceramics

Hypernyms (to "craze" is one way to...):

crack (break partially but keep its integrity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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