<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.</li><li>to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.</li><li>British Dialect: to crack.</li><li>Archaic: to weaken; impair: to craze one's health.</li><li>Obsolete: to break; shatter.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to become insane; go mad.</li><li>to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.</li><li>Metallurgy: (of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings; worm.</li><li>(of an ingot) to develop an alligator skin as a result of being teemed into an old and worn mold.</li><li>Archaic: to fall to pieces; break.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania: the newest dance craze.</li><li>Synonyms: mode, vogue.</li><li>insanity; an insane condition.</li><li>a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.</li><li>Obsolete: flaw; defect.</li></ul>