maze

UK: /ˈmeɪz/ US: /meɪz/ ,(māz)

Inflections of 'maze' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

mazes

v 3rd person singular

mazing

v pres p

mazed

v past

mazed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

maze /meɪz/   n. [countable]

1. a confusing network of paths;
   labyrinth:
   a maze of corridors.
2. a complicated, perplexing system:
   a maze of bureaucratic red tape.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

maze  (māz), n., v., mazed, maz•ing. 
n. 

1. a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
2. any complex system or arrangement that causes bewilderment, confusion, or perplexity:
   Her petition was lost in a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
3. a state of bewilderment or confusion.
4. a winding movement, as in dancing.

v.t. 

5. Slang Terms [Chiefly Dial.] to daze, perplex, or stupefy.

• Middle English mase, noun, nominal use of aphetic variant of amasen to amaze 1250–1300

mazed•ly  (māzd′lē, mā′zid-), adv.  mazed′ness, n. 
maze′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

maze / meɪz/ noun

1. a complex network of paths or passages, esp one with high hedges in a garden, designed to puzzle those walking through it
   Compare labyrinth1
2. a similar system represented diagrammatically as a pattern of lines
3. any confusing network of streets, pathways, etc
4. a state of confusion

verb

1. an archaic or dialect word for amaze

Etymology: 13th Century: see amaze

ˈmazement noun