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# haze

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

«haze» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A haze is a thin mist, smoke or dust in the air that makes it hard to see far. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#m1)
2. A haze is a confused or dreamy state of mind, as in «in a haze». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#m2)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#x1)
- The city was hidden in a haze of smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#x2)
- I was in a haze after waking up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#x3)
- Bushfire smoke left a brown haze over Sydney. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#x4)
- Hazing new team members is dangerous and banned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#x5)
- The weather was fine and the sea and sky were both blue and soft in the tender haze of the summer morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «haze» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haze/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«haze» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haze.html) on Mova free.