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Definition of 'craze'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) craze
to make insane; derange.

2.  craze
to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.

3. (v.i.) craze
to become insane.

4.  craze
to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.

5.  craze
Metall.

6.  craze
(of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings.

7. (n.) craze
a popular fad; mania.

8.  craze
a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME crasen to crush < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw krasa to shatter, crush)

Definition of 'craze'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
"he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

2. (noun) craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria
state of violent mental agitation

3. (verb) craze
a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

4. (verb) madden, craze
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

5. (verb) craze
develop a fine network of cracks
"Crazed ceramics"

Definition of 'craze'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) craze
craziness; insanity

2. (noun) craze
a strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet

3. (noun) craze
a temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze

4. (verb) craze
to break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase

5. (verb) craze
to weaken; to impair; to render decrepit

6. (verb) craze
to derange the intellect of; to render insane

7. (verb) craze
to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane

8. (verb) craze
to crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery

Translation of 'craze'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a (usually temporary) fashion; great (but temporary) enthusiasm the current craze for cutting one's hair extremely short.
Afrikaans: mode, gier, manie	Arabic: هَوَس، ولَع شَديد	Bulgarian: мания
Brazilian: moda	Czech: móda, mánie	German: die Manie
Danish: dille; mani	Greek: μόδα, λόξα	Spanish: moda
Estonian: (moe)hullustus	Farsi: علاقۀ مفرط؛ مد گرایی	Finnish: muotivillitys
French: engouement	Hebrew: שִׁיגָעוֹן חוֹלֵף	Hindi: बावलापन, सनक अस्थाई समय त
Croatian: zaluđenost	Hungarian: divat,őrület	Indonesian: mode
Icelandic: tískufyrirbrigði, della	Italian: mania; voga	Japanese: 流行
Korean: (일시적) 대유행	Lithuanian: pamišimas, mada	Latvian: aizraušanās; mode
Malay: kegilaan	Dutch: rage	Norwegian: dille, siste skrik, kjepp
Polish: szaleństwo, szał	Persian: علاقۀ مفرط؛ مد گرایی	Pashto: لیونی کول، لیونی کیدل
Portuguese: moda	Romanian: modă	Russian: повальное увлечение
Slovak: móda; mánia	Slovenian: modna muha	Serbian: pomama
Swedish: [mode]fluga, innegrej	Thai: ความนิยมในช่วงสั้น ๆ	Turkish: moda,çılgınlık
Taiwanese: (通常一時)流行, 狂熱	Ukrainian: модне захоплення; манія	Urdu: دهن، جوش، فيشن
Vietnamese: mốt	Chinese: 风行一时的流行，狂热
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