Haze Meaning
/heɪz/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounVery fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
nounA reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
Sentence Examples
The haze enveloped London.
My mind was in a haze after drinking so much.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The morning ____ made it hard to see the mountains clearly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A thick ____ hung over the city, making it difficult to see the distant mountains.
Word Origin & History
* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze, accompanied with rain."
— 1772 December, James Cook, chapter 2, in A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World, volume 1:
"A blue haze, half dust, half mist, touched the long valley with mystery."
— 1895, H.G. Wells, The Cone:
"Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia."
— 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
"And is it that the haze of grief
Hath stretch’d my former joy so great?
The lowness of the present state,
That sets the past in this relief?"
— 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 41:
"In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret."
— 1957, Daphne du Maurier, The Scapegoat, →ISBN, page 218:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The morning ____ made it hard to see the mountains clearly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A thick ____ hung over the city, making it difficult to see the distant mountains.