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CRAZE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

craze (develop a fine network of cracks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An interest followed with exaggerated zeal

Example:

it was all the rage that season

Synonyms:

craze; cult; fad; furor; furore; rage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

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

Derivation:

crazy (intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with)

Sense 3

Meaning:

State of violent mental agitation

Synonyms:

craze; delirium; frenzy; fury; hysteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

Derivation:

craze (cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind)

crazy (affected with madness or insanity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Develop a fine network of cracks

Example:

Crazed ceramics

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

crack (break partially but keep its integrity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

craze (a fine crack in a glaze or other surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

craze; madden

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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

Derivation:

craze (state of violent mental agitation)

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