haze
/heɪz/ verb C2- To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting person, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
He/she/it hazes · Past hazed · Past participle hazed · -ing form hazing
Verb forms
- Base form
- haze
- He/she/it
- hazes
- Past
- hazed
- Past participle
- hazed
- -ing form
- hazing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.
A haze lay low upon the farthest sky-line, out of which jutted the fantastic shapes of Belliver and Vixen Tor.
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