maze

/meiz/
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maze

A child finds their way through a colorful garden maze.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A complex and confusing network of paths or passages: A physical structure designed as a puzzle, where one must find a way from the entrance to the exit.
    • A state of confusion or bewilderment: A situation or state of mind that is complicated and difficult to understand or find a way through.
    • A complex system or set of interconnected elements: Something that is intricately and often confusingly constructed.
Usage and Examples
  • Noun (Physical Structure):
    • The garden featured a large hedge maze.
    • We got lost for an hour in the corn maze.
  • Noun (State of Confusion):
    • The legal documents were a maze of complex clauses.
    • Her mind was a maze of conflicting emotions after the news.
  • Noun (Complex System):
    • The old city was a maze of narrow streets and alleys.
Advanced Usage
  • "A maze of": Used to describe something that has a very complex and confusing structure.
    • The report was a maze of technical jargon.
  • "To be in a maze": To be in a state of confusion or perplexity.
    • After the sudden change in plans, I was in a complete maze.
Variants and Related Words
  • Amaze (verb): To surprise or astonish someone greatly. (Note: This is a distinct word, not a variant of 'maze', but it is etymologically related.)
  • Amazing (adjective): Causing great surprise or wonder.
  • Labyrinth (noun): A synonym for a complex maze, often used interchangeably, though sometimes implying a single, winding path.
Synonyms
  • Labyrinth: A complicated irregular network of passages; a maze.
  • Tangle: A confused mass of something twisted together.
  • Web: A complex network of fine threads or similar things.
  • Complex: Something consisting of many different and connected parts.
Idioms and Phrases
  • A rat's maze: Often used to describe a confusing, repetitive, or entrapping situation, drawing from the psychology experiments with rodents.
    • The bureaucracy felt like a rat's maze, with no clear way to get an answer.
  • Thread one's way through the maze: To navigate carefully through a very complicated situation.
    • The lawyer had to thread his way through the maze of regulations.
maze

A child finds their way through a colorful garden maze.

Noun
  1. something jumbled or confused
    • a tangle of government regulations
  2. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

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