English Dictionary

haze

/heɪz/

verb

(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.

The smoke from the fire began to haze the sky.

意味（1）

(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.

意味（2）

To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.

[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]

意味（3）

(transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.

意味（4）

(transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.

Hazing a bear involves creating a negative experience for a bear that seeks out human food or loses its natural avoidance of humans and developed areas, the release said. That involves using non-lethal rubber shotgun slugs, or rubber rounds and noise-deterrent rounds in sequence to scare bears away, according to the release.