mazes

Noun

maze (plural mazes)

1. 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

2. 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
3. (archaic) 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

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