Associations to the word «Craze»

Wiktionary

CRAZE, noun. Craziness; insanity.
CRAZE, noun. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
CRAZE, noun. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.
CRAZE, noun. (ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
CRAZE, verb. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
CRAZE, verb. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
CRAZE, verb. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
CRAZE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) (archaic) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
CRAZE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Dictionary definition

CRAZE, noun. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season".
CRAZE, noun. State of violent mental agitation.
CRAZE, noun. A fine crack in a glaze or other surface.
CRAZE, verb. Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind.
CRAZE, verb. Develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats