craze

[Craze]

State of violent mental agitation

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To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

Noun
a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

Noun
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

Noun
state of violent mental agitation

Verb
develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"

Verb
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one''s mind

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v. t.
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

v. t.
To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.

v. t.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

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

v. i.
To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

n.
Craziness; insanity.

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

n.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.

Craze

Craze (kr?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (kr?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl i kras, to break to pieces, F. 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.

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

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

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

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

Grief hath crazed my wits.

Craze

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

She would weep and he would craze.

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

Craze

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.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the '91sthetic craze.

Various crazes concerning health and disease.

To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

To be crazed, or to act or appear as e that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

Craziness; insanity.

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Usage Examples

It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.

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Other Usage Examples

My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you'd serve a vampire for dinner.