n.
Pronunciation: ' kr ā z
Function: verb
Inflected Form: crazed ; craz · ing
Etymology: Middle English crasen to crush, craze, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish krasa to crush
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 obsolete : BREAK , SHATTER
2 : to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of < crazed glass>
3 : to make insane or as if insane < crazed by pain and fear>
intransitive verb
1 archaic : SHATTER , BREAK
2 : to become insane
3 : to develop a mesh of fine cracks