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Noun: craze  kreyz
  1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal
    "he always follows the latest crazes";
    - fad, furor [N. Amer], furore, cult, rage
     
  2. State of violent mental agitation
    "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a craze";
    - delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria
     
  3. A fine crack in a glaze or other surface
    "The antique vase had a network of crazes in its glaze"
Verb: craze  kreyz
  1. Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
    "The constant noise crazed the residents";
    - madden
     
  2. Develop a fine network of cracks
    "Crazed ceramics"

Derived forms: crazing, crazed, crazes

Type of: alter, change, crack, fashion, mania, manic disorder, modify

Encyclopedia: Craze, Michael