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- Dictionarymaze/māz/
noun
- 1. a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way: "the house has a maze and a walled Italian garden"
verb
- 1. be dazed and confused: archaic, dialect "she was still mazed with the drug she had taken"
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noun. 1. a. : a confusing intricate network of passages. b. : something confusingly elaborate or complicated. a maze of regulations. 2. chiefly dialectal : a state of bewilderment. mazelike. ˈmāz-ˌlīk. adjective. Synonyms. Verb. addle. baffle. bamboozle. beat. befog.
a complicated set of rules, ideas, or subjects that you find difficult to deal with or understand: It's almost impossible to get through the maze of bureaucracy.
noun. a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth. any complex system or arrangement that causes bewilderment, confusion, or perplexity: Her petition was lost in a maze of bureaucratic red tape. a state of bewilderment or confusion. a winding movement, as in dancing.
A maze is a puzzle with twists and turns, where you try to find a path from the entrance to the exit without hitting dead ends. You can walk through a maze, or let your pencil do the walking. The goal of a maze is to get through it, which means going the wrong way, retracing your steps, and choosing different paths.
a complicated set of rules, ideas, or subjects that you find difficult to deal with or understand: It's almost impossible to get through the maze of bureaucracy.
Puzzle topics. v. t. e. A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lead unambiguously through a convoluted layout to a goal.
A maze is a complex system of passages or paths between walls or hedges and is designed to confuse people who try to find their way through it, often as a form of amusement. The palace has extensive gardens, a maze, and tennis courts.
Definition of maze noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MAZE definition: a complicated system of paths where you can easily become lost. Learn more.
maze. noun. /meɪz/ a system of paths separated by walls or hedges built in a park or garden, that is designed so that it is difficult to find your way through We got lost in the maze. (figurative) The building is a maze of corridors. The old city is a delightful maze for the modern tourist. compare labyrinth. Join us.