haze vs illuminate

haze

verb
  • To be or become hazy, or thick with haze. 

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

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

  • 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. 

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

noun
  • Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) 

  • An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent. 

  • A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid. 

  • Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory. 

  • The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent. 

  • Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine. 

illuminate

verb
  • To glow; to light up. 

  • To be exposed to light. 

  • To shine light on something. 

  • To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs. 

  • To decorate something with lights. 

  • To clarify or make something understandable. 

  • To make spectacular. 

  • To direct a radar beam toward. 

noun
  • Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. 

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