(n) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune, Syn. peril, risk, jeopardy, endangerment, Example:drinking alcohol is a health hazard

hazard

(n) an obstacle on a golf course

hazardia

(n) small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature, Syn. genus Hazardia

hazard insurance

(n) insurance that provides protection against certain risks such as storms or fires

hazardous

(adj) involving risk or danger, Syn. wild, risky, Example:skydiving is a hazardous sport; extremely risky going out in the tide and fog; a wild financial scheme

hazardousness

(n) the state of being dangerous, Syn. perilousness

haze

(n) atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility

haze

(v) become hazy, dull, or cloudy

haze

(v) harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

hazel

(n) Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts, Syn. hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hazard

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 ]

Hazard

v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazard

n. [ F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zār, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azzār. ] 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 ]

Hazardable

a. 1. Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Such as can be hazarded or risked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazarder

n. 1. A player at the game of hazard; a gamester. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who hazards or ventures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazardize

n. A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazardous

a. [ Cf. F. hasardeux. ] Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky. [ 1913 Webster ]

To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.

Syn. -- Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; venturesome; precarious; uncertain.

-- Haz"ard*ous*ly, adv. -- Haz"ard*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

hazardousness

n. the state of being dangerous.
Syn. -- perilousness, precariousness, danger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Hazardry

n. 1. Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rashness; temerity. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Haze

n. [ Cf. Icel. höss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr. ] 1. Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'er the sky
The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of confusion, uncertainty, or vagueness of thought or perception; as, after the explosion, people were wandering around in a haze. [ PJC ]

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