Crossword clues for dazzle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. i.
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To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design.
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To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle.
--Bacon.I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise.
--Dryden.
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling.] [Freq. of daze.]
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To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright.
--Milton.An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine.
--Sir H. Taylor. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. ``Dazzled and drove back his enemies.''
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., frequentative of Middle English dasen (see daze (v.)). Originally intransitive; the transitive sense is from 1530s. Related: Dazzled; dazzling.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A light of dazzling brilliancy. 2 (context uncommon English) A herd of zebr
v
1 (context transitive English) To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness. 2 (context transitive figuratively English) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance. 3 (context intransitive English) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
WordNet
n. brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
v. to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: bedazzle, daze]
amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"
Wikipedia
"Dazzle" is a song by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1984 by record label Polydor as the second single from their sixth studio album, Hyæna.
is a Japanese manga by Minari Endoh. There have been seventeen volumes published in Japan . The series was being published in English in North America by Tokyopop, however, when Tokyopop closed, 10 out of the current 17 volumes were published in English. The license has not been picked up by any other company. An anime adaptation under the original title Hatenkō Yūgi aired in Japan between January 5 and March 7, 2008 on the Kyoto Broadcasting System and contains ten episodes.
Dazzle is a video recorder that allows people to record video from analog composite video sources ( DVD Player, VCR, etc.) over USB. It also records analog stereo audio.
Dazzle may refer to:
- Glare (vision), difficulty seeing in the presence of bright light
- Dazzle (fabric), a type of polyester fabric
- Dazzle (manga), a Japanese manga series by Minari Endoh
- "Dazzle" (song), a song by Siouxsie & the Banshees
- Dazzle (video recorder), a video capture card
- Dazzle camouflage, a paint scheme used on ships during World War I
- Dazzle (band), an American disco act featuring Leroy Burgess
- Dazzle (novel), a 1990 novel by Judith Krantz
- Dazzle (miniseries), a 1995 TV adaptation of Krantz's novel starring Lisa Hartman
- Dazzle, a 1999 film starring Mia Sara
- Dazzle, a 2009 film by Cyrus Frisch
Dazzle is a type of polyester fabric that is widely used in making clothes like basketball uniforms, football uniforms, rugby ball uniforms and casual clothing because it absorbs moisture quickly. It is a lightweight fabric that allows air to circulate easily around the body.
Dazzle fabric is distinguished by the pattern of tiny holes in the weave of the material. Often made of synthetic fibers as well as cotton/synthetic blends, dazzle wear is usually sleek and shiny. To the touch, dazzle is soft and somewhat silky, although it is far more sturdy than silk.
Dazzle fabric is also used in some other applications, baby carriages and car seats are sometimes lined with dazzle fabric, and decorators have even incorporated dazzle fabric into window treatments such as swags and drapery panels.
Dazzle fabric does not stain very easily. Laundering a garment that is made of dazzle fabric on the normal cycle is usually sufficient to keep the garment in top condition. Air-drying or a few minutes in a dryer will usually produce a crisp and wrinkle free look. Dazzle fabric holds its shape very well and requires only basic maintenance.
Compared to other fabrics, dazzle is even more durable than denim because of the tightly woven polyester fibers, which make it nearly impossible to tear.
Usage examples of "dazzle".
Next morning we proceeded to Turin, and on Wednesday got here, in the middle of the last night of the Congress Carnival -- rowing up the Canal to our Albergo through a dazzling blaze of lights and throng of boats, -- there being, if we are told truly, 50,000 strangers in the city.
Looking southwards, some holland screens barred half of the nave, which showed ambery in the sunlight and was speckled at both ends by the dazzling blue and crimson of stained-glass windows.
The sunlight streamed through a window high above the floor and fell upon the arched back of the annealing oven, the window being so placed that the sun could never shine upon the working end and dazzle the workmen.
Waves of incinerating nuclear energy rushed over the machine city, a dazzling glare from round after round of annihilating nuclear bursts.
The waves rebounded in dazzling foam, the beach entirely disapppearing under the raging flood, and the cliff appearing to emerge from the sea itself, the spray rising to a height of more than a hundred feet.
Away to the back of the apse sparkled bits of gold and silver, half-seen skirts of velvet and of silk, a distant dazzling of the tabernacle among the sombre surroundings of green verdure.
A burst of dazzling sunshine struck the bridge so fiercely that Kyller lifted his hand to shield his eyes, but it was gone instantly as the Blucher dashed into another clammy cold bank of fog.
Borel to one Henjare bad-Qavao the Brazier, a gnomish Mikardandu whom Borel first dazzled with his facade and then swore to secrecy with dreadful-sounding oaths of his own invention.
Her helmet lamp and the occasional dazzling flare from the borer were the only light.
It was a Wednesday half-holiday late in March, a spring day glorious in amber light, dazzling white clouds and the intensest blue, casting a powder of wonderful green hither and thither among the trees and rousing all the birds to tumultuous rejoicings, a rousing day, a clamatory insistent day, a veritable herald of summer.
Might find thee in some amber clime, Where sunlight dazzles on the sail, And dreaming of our plighted vale Might seal the dream, and bless the time, With maiden kisses three.
I feel that I could not be like him, as deeply as I fear to be unworthy of a happiness which dazzles me.
She had some trouble before she could take off her chemise, but as it is only the first step that costs, she let it fall off, and though she held her two hands before her she dazzled me, in spite of myself, by the beauty of her form.
At last I persuaded myself that what had occurred was after all in no way extraordinary, and that I would certainly have considered it at first a very common occurrence if I had not been dazzled by the wonderful beauty of the nun, and blinded by my own vanity.
The young girl, dazzled by so much gold, and not knowing what to do with it, asked her friend to take care of it for her until such time as she should leave the convent to get married.