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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hazard \Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hazarding}.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See {Hazard}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. [1913 Webster] Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. --John Clarke. [1913 Webster] He hazards his neck to the halter. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To venture to incur, or bring on. [1913 Webster] I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They hazard to cut their feet. --Landor. Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.] 1. A game of chance played with dice. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty. [1913 Webster] I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. [1913 Webster] Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] 4. (Billiards) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). [1913 Webster] 5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. "Your latter hazard." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Hazard table}, a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes. {To run the hazard}, to take the chance or risk. {to hazard}, at risk; liable to suffer damage or loss. Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See {Danger}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: hazard n 1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: {hazard}, {jeopardy}, {peril}, {risk}, {endangerment}] 2: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: {luck}, {fortune}, {chance}, {hazard}] 3: an obstacle on a golf course v 1: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: {guess}, {venture}, {pretend}, {hazard}] 2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: {venture}, {hazard}, {adventure}, {stake}, {jeopardize}] 3: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: {gamble}, {chance}, {risk}, {hazard}, {take chances}, {adventure}, {run a risk}, {take a chance}]