Meaning of "maze" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAZE

See amaze.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MAZE

maze  [meɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAZE

Maze is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb maze in English.

WHAT DOES MAZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maze

A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. The pathways and walls in a maze are fixed, and puzzles in which the walls and paths can change during the game are categorised as tour puzzles. The Cretan labyrinth is the oldest known maze. Technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, which has a single through-route with twists and turns but without branches, and is not designed to be as difficult to navigate. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways.

Definition of maze in the English dictionary

The first definition of maze in the dictionary is a similar system represented diagrammatically as a pattern of lines. Other definition of maze is any confusing network of streets, pathways, etc. Maze is also a state of confusion.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MAZE

PRESENT

Present

I maze

you maze

he/she/it mazes

we maze

you maze

they maze

Present continuous

I am mazing

you are mazing

he/she/it is mazing

we are mazing

you are mazing

they are mazing

Present perfect

I have mazed

you have mazed

he/she/it has mazed

we have mazed

you have mazed

they have mazed

Present perfect continuous

I have been mazing

you have been mazing

he/she/it has been mazing

we have been mazing

you have been mazing

they have been mazing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mazed

you mazed

he/she/it mazed

we mazed

you mazed

they mazed

Past continuous

I was mazing

you were mazing

he/she/it was mazing

we were mazing

you were mazing

they were mazing

Past perfect

I had mazed

you had mazed

he/she/it had mazed

we had mazed

you had mazed

they had mazed

Past perfect continuous

I had been mazing

you had been mazing

he/she/it had been mazing

we had been mazing

you had been mazing

they had been mazing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will maze

you will maze

he/she/it will maze

we will maze

you will maze

they will maze

Future continuous

I will be mazing

you will be mazing

he/she/it will be mazing

we will be mazing

you will be mazing

they will be mazing

Future perfect

I will have mazed

you will have mazed

he/she/it will have mazed

we will have mazed

you will have mazed

they will have mazed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mazing

you will have been mazing

he/she/it will have been mazing

we will have been mazing

you will have been mazing

they will have been mazing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would maze

you would maze

he/she/it would maze

we would maze

you would maze

they would maze

Conditional continuous

I would be mazing

you would be mazing

he/she/it would be mazing

we would be mazing

you would be mazing

they would be mazing

Conditional perfect

I would have maze

you would have maze

he/she/it would have maze

we would have maze

you would have maze

they would have maze

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mazing

you would have been mazing

he/she/it would have been mazing

we would have been mazing

you would have been mazing

they would have been mazing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you maze
we let´s maze
you maze

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to maze

Past participle

mazed

Present Participle

mazing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MAZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «maze» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of maze

confusion · convolutions · imbroglio · intricacy · labyrinth · meander · mesh · perplexity · puzzle · snarl · tangle · web

TRANSLATION OF MAZE

Find out the translation of maze to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of maze from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maze» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 迷宫
• Translator English - Spanish: laberinto
• English: maze
• Translator English - Hindi: भूलभुलैया
• Translator English - Arabic: مَتَاهَةٌ
• Translator English - Russian: лабиринт
• Translator English - Portuguese: labirinto
• Translator English - Bengali: ধাঁধা
• Translator English - French: labyrinthe
• Translator English - Malay: Maze
• Translator English - German: Irrgarten
• Translator English - Japanese: 迷路
• Translator English - Korean: 미로
• Translator English - Javanese: Maze
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mê cung
• Translator English - Tamil: பிரமை
• Translator English - Marathi: चक्रव्यूह
• Translator English - Turkish: Labirent
• Translator English - Italian: labirinto
• Translator English - Polish: labirynt
• Translator English - Ukrainian: лабіринт
• Translator English - Romanian: labirint
• Translator English - Greek: λαβύρινθος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: doolhof
• Translator English - Swedish: labyrint
• Translator English - Norwegian: labyrint

10 QUOTES WITH «MAZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word maze.

1

Buddha

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

2

Suzanne Collins

If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8 years old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them.

3

Bruce Conner

When I was in New York it was like a maze, a rat maze, going from one little box to another little box and passing through passageways to get from one safe haven to another.

4

Kevin Costner

You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

5

Joe Cowley

Showing up to games year after year, no matter what the product on the field gives you back, is a learned behavior - sort of like rats in a maze searching for cheese. The rat learns the maze, learns where the cheese is placed and eventually goes to it without thought, even when the cheese is taken away. The rat doesn't know anything else.

6

Mike Crapo

Even with multiple instruction books, maneuvering the maze of the tax code is costly and time-consuming.

7

Teri Garr

Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.

8

Elizabeth Gilbert

When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through.

9

Lance Henriksen

But to this day - I'm very literate now, I love to read, I read constantly - words don't resonate the way they do to a person with a formal education. They're like a maze, a puzzle that has to be opened up.

10

Vijay Kumar

We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAZE»

Discover the use of maze in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maze and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Maze: A Riddle In Words and Pictures

This is not really a book. This is a building in the shape of a book...a maze. Each numbered page depicts a room in the maze. Tempted? Test your wits against mine.

Christopher Manson, 1985

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One)

Read the first book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.

James Dashner, 2009

Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze

This expanded edition of Thomas Nelson's trenchant study of a master of film includes new chapters onFull Metal JacketandEyes Wide Shut. In the wake of the director's death, Nelson reconsiders his body of work as a whole.

Thomas Allen Nelson, 2000

The Maze

FBI Special Agent Dillon Savich teams up with new agent Lacey Sherlock in a case that leads them back to the murder of Sherlock's sister seven years ago-and put both their lives on the line.

Catherine Coulter, 1998

The World's Most Difficult Maze

One 28-page maze with holes that permit passage from page to page.

Dave Phillips, 1980

Venice, the Tourist Maze: A Cultural Critique of the World's ...

'Venice, the Tourist Maze' charts the history of tourism in the most tourist-visited place on the planet, & at the same time offers a critique of the city-as-tourist-destination.

Robert Charles Davis, Garry Marvin, 2004

The 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bones

The first book in this groundbreaking multimedia series sends readers around the world on the hunt for the 39 Clues. Written by #1 NYT bestseller Rick Riordan, and backed by $100,000 in prizes!

Rick Riordan, 2011

The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, Book Two)

Read the second book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.

James Dashner, 2010

The Millennial Maze

What exactly is our hope?" and you enter a bewildering maze of options all claiming to be the right one.In this book Stanley J. Grenz provides historical and biblical, as well as theological, perspective on the four major positions help by ...

Stanley J. Grenz, 1992

The maze and the warrior: symbols in architecture, theology, ...

Why is it there? In this fascinating book Craig Wright explores the complex symbolism of the labyrinth in architecture, religious thought, music, and dance from the Middle Ages to the present.

Craig Wright, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maze is used in the context of the following news items.

LOOK: Blackhawks honored in Illinois farm's intricate corn maze …

On Monday, the farm announced that its 2015 maze will feature a design in honor of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks. «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

New Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Character Poster Featuring …

20th Century Fox has released the first of six new character posters for the upcoming sequel Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the first of which ... «ComingSoon.net, Jul 15»

Making it in Unreal: braving the musical maze of Synthesis Universe

Olivier is working on a first-person episodic VR game named Maze - and around it, a fiction he calls Synthesis Universe. The people at the centre of this fiction ... «PCGamesN, Jul 15»

A Kids' Shop Done Up Like A Gigantic Bead Maze

Branding a company isn't child's play, but sometimes the idea morphs into just that. Remember bead mazes? The Monterrey, Mexico–based ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»

Go Into the Grizzly Maze on DVD in August

The latest psycho-bear flick, Into the Grizzly Maze, is on its way to DVD; and we have a look at the artwork for you cats. Dig it! Look for it online ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»

Alex Horne: 'Taskmaster was inspired by The Crystal Maze and Big …

"I'd say the Crystal Maze [was an influence], that's a good starting point. I used to work in Big Brother in the third series, I was a logger, which ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»

Is it a maize maze or a corn wall? What shape is this?

A Cornish maize maze which takes a new form every year has unveiled its shape for 2015 ahead of its opening on Saturday. The theme for the ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»

Mike's Maze Answer for the week of July 13th

2 Don't Threaten or Abuse. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. AND PLEASE TURN OFF CAPS LOCK. 3 Be Truthful. «Newsbug.info, Jul 15»

Sound in Spirit, But in Practice a Maze

CHENNAI: The rising high decibel demand for prohibition has met with mixed reactions from social activists, who are divided over the ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

Corn maze to support North Liberty pantry

Dean and Katie Colony, co-owners of Colony Pumpkin Patch in North Liberty, are planning their third-annual corn maze to support a local ... «Iowa City Press Citizen, Jul 15»