craze - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'craze' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Craze

[ n.]

- Craziness; insanity.
- A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
- A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.

2 . Craze

[ v. i.]

- To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
- To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

3 . Craze

[ v. t.]

- To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
- To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
- To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Meaning of 'craze' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . craze

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

Example in sentence:

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

2 . craze

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- develop a fine network of cracks

Example in sentence:

Crazed ceramics

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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Craze
Craze is an exciting mass involvement that lasts for a relatively long period.

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