Words that rhyme with maze

• ablaze 0
  adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aflame, aroused] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] 3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn" 4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]
• amaze 0
  v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound] 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• appraise 0
  v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise]
• baize 0
  n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
• blaze 0
  n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" 2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" [syn: blaze away, blaze] 3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze" 4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out] 5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
• braise 0
  v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"
• braze 0
  v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
• chaise 0
  n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue, chaise, daybed] 2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]
• craze 0
  n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
• dais 0
  n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
• days 0
  n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years]
• daze 0
  n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor] 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze] 2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
• faze 0
  v 1: disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle]
• gaze 0
  n 1: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze, regard] v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" [syn: gaze, stare]
• glaze 0
  n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods 2: a glossy finish on a fabric 3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite" 2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over] 3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy]
• graze 0
  n 1: a superficial abrasion 2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing] v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" 3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake] 5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]
• hays 0
  n 1: United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) [syn: Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays] 2: United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954) [syn: Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays] 3: a town in central Kansas
• haze 0
  n 1: atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: become hazy, dull, or cloudy 2: harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
• laze 0
  v 1: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" [syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work]
• liaise 0
  v 1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate]
• malaise 0
  n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness]
• phase 0
  n 1: any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" [syn: phase, stage] 2: (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" [syn: phase, form] 3: a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle [syn: phase, phase angle] 4: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon" v 1: arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal" 2: adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
• phrase 0
  n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence 2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase] 3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase] 4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"
• polonaise 0
  n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
• praise 0
  n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment] 2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" [ant: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart]
• raise 0
  n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 3: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it" 4: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave] v 1: raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" 2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down] 3: cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" 4: collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" 5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce] 6: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent] 7: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 8: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise] 9: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down] 10: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 11: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" 12: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate] 13: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise] 14: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 15: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove] 16: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level 17: bet more than the previous player 18: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy, raise] 19: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" [syn: raise, bring up] 20: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'" 21: activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" 22: establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" 23: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 24: bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" 25: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" [syn: raise, lift] 26: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift, raise] 27: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]
• raze 0
  v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
• reappraise 0
  v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly"
• rephrase 0
  v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
• stays 0
  n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays]
• bayes 0
  n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes]
• fraise 0
  n 1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century 2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
• hayes 0
  n 1: acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) [syn: Hayes, Helen Hayes] 2: 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) [syn: Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President Hayes]
• res 0
  n 1: a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells [syn: reticuloendothelial system, RES]
• lyonnais 0
  n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes
• lyonnaise 0
  adj 1: cooked with onions
• urokinase 0
  n 1: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis [syn: plasminogen activator, urokinase]
• blase 0
  adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored] 3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"
• agaze 0
  adj 1: (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes" [syn: agaze, staring]
• naze 0
  n 1: a cape at the southern tip of Norway [syn: Lindesnes, Naze]
• marseillaise 0
  n 1: the French national anthem
• reyes 0
  n 1: Chilean poet (1904-1973) [syn: Neruda, Pablo Neruda, Reyes, Neftali Ricardo Reyes]
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• ballet's 0
• bays 0
• berets 0
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• bouquets 0
• buffets 0
• cabarets 0
• caches 0
• cafes 0
• clays 0
• conveys 0
• day's 0
• decays 0
• defrays 0
• delays 0
• dismays 0
• displays 0
• dossiers 0
• essays 0
• filets 0
• plays 0
• portrays 0
• strays 0
• surveys 0
• today's 0
• trays 0
• baise 0
• bayse 0
• baze 0
• brase 0
• cayes 0
• claes 0
• claeys 0
• crase 0
• crays 0
• daise 0
• dase 0
• frase 0
• fraze 0
• grays 0
• klase 0
• prase 0
• chalets 0
• cliches 0
• delhaize 0
• deshaies 0
• inaez 0
• iras 0
• lescaze 0
• malays 0
• cabernets 0
• chevrolets 0
• dismutase 0
• matinees 0
• communiques 0

See also maze definition and maze synonyms