maze
UK/ˈmeɪz/
maze noun: a labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
Noun
maze (plural mazes)
- A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
- There's plenty for toddlers too: experience the Wild West in Bear City, play with sand diggers, splash in the paddling pool and discover meerkats, reptiles and alpacas in the Zoo-Farm. Rain doesn't stop play, just head for the indoor fun factory with a rocking and rolling tugboat, mirror maze...2012 May 30, Hayley Spurway, “Top 10 family days out in south Devon”, in the Guardian
- Synonyms:
- warren
- Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
- A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
- The project developer, Poseidon Resources Corp., has been winding its way through a maze of state and local agencies for six years2009 May 11, “Nation's largest desal project faces financing hurdles”, in New York Times
- A confusion of thought; a state of bewilderment.
- But first they came to Canterbury, an olde Citie, somewhat decayed, yet beautiful to behold, most famous for a Cathedrall Church, the very Maiestie whereoff, stroke them into a maze, where they saw many monuments, and heard tell of greater, then either they euer saw, or easely would beleeue.1580, John Lyly, “Euphues and His England”, in The Complete Works of John Lyly, published 1906, page 36
- Synonyms:
- perplexity, uncertainty
Verb
maze (third-person singular simple present mazes, present participle mazing, simple past and past participle mazed)
- To amaze, astonish, bewilder.
- they so mazed and even stupified his Conscience1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- To daze or stupefy.
- mazed […] by the eyes of the crowd1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers
- She rowed back alone, the simple soul that was in her forwandered and mazed with excess of joy.1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
Proper noun capitalized: Maze
Maze
- A surname.
- A former prison in Northern Ireland; in full, HM Prison Maze.
- A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, the site of the former prison (Irish grid ref J 2261).
- An unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
maze meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
maze in Hindi
- puzzle to get through
- भूलभुलैया bhūlbhulaiyā
maze in Tamil
- மிகு சிக்கல் வழி, புதிர்பாதை, சிக்கலறை, குழப்ப மனநிலை
maze in Marathi
- भूलभुलैय्या, भूलभुलैय्ये
maze in Urdu
- puzzle to get through
- بھُول بھُلیاں bhūl bhuliyān
More languagesFewer languages
- maze in Bengali
- গোলকধাঁধা, জটিল পথ
- maze in Telugu
- చిట్టడవి
- maze in Malayalam
- വളഞ്ഞു തിരിഞ്ഞ മാർഗ്ഗം, കുടുക്കുവഴി, സംഭ്രമം, വസ്തുതകളുടെ കുഴഞ്ഞുമറിഞ്ഞു കിടപ്പ്
- maze in Kannada
- ಚಕ್ರಭೀಮನ ಕೋಟೆ, ಜಟಿಲ ಮಾರ್ಗಜಾಲ, ದಿಗ್ಭ್ರಮೆ ಹಿಡಿಸುವ ಜಾಲ, ವಿಪರೀತ ಗೊಂದಲ
- maze in Nepali
- भूलभुलैया
- maze in Arabic
- مَتَاهَة matāha
- maze in Malay
- labirin, pagar sesat
- maze in Indonesian
- labirin, taman sesat
- maze in Persian
- هِزارتو hezârtu, هِزارخَم hezârxam, لابیرِنت lâbirent
- maze in Thai
- วงกต wong-gòt
- maze in Vietnamese
- mê cung
- maze in Myanmar
- ဝင်္ကပါ wangka.pa
Examples of maze in a sentence
- This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.
- Don’t push me into that maze and bewilder me.
- Joe really knows his way around corn mazes.
Synonyms of maze
Forms of maze
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mazes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mazes |
| present participle | mazing |
| past participle | mazed |
| past | mazed |
Origin of maze
From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter”). More at amaze.
* As an English surname, variant of Mays. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Maye, from Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), see miadh (“esteem, respect”). Compare May. * As a Breton surname Mazé, shortened from Mazéo, Breton form of Matthew. * As a French surname Mazé, from a place in Maine-et-Loire, from Latin Masiacum (“estate of Masius”). * Also as a French surname, shortened pet form of Thomas. * Also as a French surname, variant of Mas, from the noun mas (“farmhouse”). * As a Slovene surname, shortened from Tomaž, a form of Thomas. Or, from the verb mazati (“to grease”). * As an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Hebrew מאז״ה (Mazeh), an acronym of מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (mi-zéra' Aharón ha-Kohén, “from the seed of Aaron the priest”), compare Cohen.
Words formed from maze
Phrases with maze
Words that rhyme with maze
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amaze
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
- delays
Questions about maze
- What does maze mean?
- Maze means a labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
- What is maze in Hindi?
- Maze in Hindi is भूलभुलैया (bhūlbhulaiyā). See Maze meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maze?
- Maze can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce maze?
- Maze is pronounced /ˈmeɪz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of maze?
- The plural of maze is mazes.
Words near maze in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maze (page history and authors); Maze (page history and authors); maze (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maze (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Maze (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maze (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maze (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maze (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maze (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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