Definitions for: Craze


[n] an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[n] state of violent mental agitation
[v] develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
[v] cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind



Webster (1913) Definition: Craze (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed
(kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break,
fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle,
sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]craser to crush,
fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]
1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See
Crase.

God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And
craze their chariot wheels. --Milton.

2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]

Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze
my limbs. --Milton.

3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits.
--Tilloston.

Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak.


Craze, v. i.
1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed;
to rave; to become insane.

She would weep and he would craze. --Keats.

2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.


Craze, n.
1. Craziness; insanity.

2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his
Jean dressed genteelly. --Prof.
Wilson.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new
amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze;
the [ae]sthetic craze.

Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W.
Pater.


Craze, n. (Ceramics)
A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure
of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

Synonyms: cult, delirium, fad, frenzy, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, madden, rage

See Also: crack, derange, fashion, mania, manic disorder, nympholepsy, unbalance

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