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HAZE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Synonyms:

daze; fog; haze

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior)

Derivation:

hazy (indistinct or hazy in outline)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

aerosol (a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas)

Derivation:

haze (become hazy, dull, or cloudy)

hazy (filled or abounding with fog or mist)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke (annoy continually or chronically)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become hazy, dull, or cloudy

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

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

cloud; overcast (make overcast or cloudy)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

haze (atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility)

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 Context examples: 

The haze particles themselves are likely gray or red, but the way they scatter blue light has gotten the attention of the New Horizons science team.

(New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto, NASA)

The haze was like a curtain all round us, and there were we three in the middle of it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Unlike Earth's water-clouds, the clouds on these planets may be composed of salt crystals or photochemical hazes, like those found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)

Though global dust storms cloak the planet's surface, MRO can use its heat-sensing Mars Climate Sounder instrument to peer through the haze.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

On rare occasions, regional storms produce a dust haze that encircles the planet and obscures surface features beneath.

(Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars, NASA)

Through the dim smoke-haze the bunks looked like the sleeping dens of animals in a menagerie.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

So, the thin haze of infalling material puffs up like a donut rather than flattening out in a pancake-shaped disk.

(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)

In addition, the team used data from Cassini's visible and infrared instruments, which were able to capture some of Titan's larger geologic features through the methane haze.

(The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed, NASA)

Fortuitously, the atmosphere of GJ 3470 b turned out to be mostly clear, with only thin hazes, enabling the scientists to probe deep into the atmosphere.

(Atmosphere of Midsize Planet Revealed by Hubble, Spitzer, NASA)

In the distance, detail was veiled and blurred by a purple haze, but behind this purple haze, he knew, was the glamour of the unknown, the lure of romance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)