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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost;
[syn: maze, labyrinth]

2. something jumbled or confused;
- Example: "a tangle of government regulations"
[syn: tangle, snarl, maze]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maze \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mazing.] To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. --South. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maze \Maze\ (m[=a]z), n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. masa to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.] 1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment. [1913 Webster] 3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. --Wordaworth. [1913 Webster] The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes bwilderment; as, a maze of environemntal regulations. [PJC] Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See Labyrinth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maze \Maze\, v. i. To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maze n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth] 2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

118 Moby Thesaurus words for "maze": Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, addle, addle the wits, amaze, baffle, ball up, bamboozle, beat, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, boggle, bother, botheration, buffalo, bug, can of worms, chaos, cloud, complex, confound, confuse, confusion, conglomeration, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disturb, disturbance, embarrass, embarrassment, entangle, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, frenzy, fuddle, fuddlement, fuss, get, gordian knot, haze, hodgepodge, intricacy, jumble, jungle, keep in suspense, knot, labyrinth, lick, meander, mesh, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mist, mix up, moider, morass, muddle, muddleheadedness, muddlement, mystify, nonplus, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pother, pucker, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, ravel, ruffle, shuffle, skein, snafu, snake pit, snarl, stew, stick, stump, sweat, swivet, tangle, tangled skein, throw, throw into confusion, tizzy, unsettle, unsettlement, upset, web, webwork, wheels within wheels, wilderness