maze

maze [meız] n

[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: maze 'to confuse' (13-19 centuries), probably from unrecorded Old English masian]

1.) a complicated and confusing arrangement of streets, roads etc

maze of streets/paths/tunnels etc

▪ the maze of narrow streets

▪ I was led through a maze of corridors.

2.) a large number of rules, instructions etc which are complicated and difficult to understand

maze of rules/regulations etc

▪ a maze of new laws

3.) a specially designed system of paths, often in a park or public garden, which is difficult to find your way through

▪ We got completely lost in the maze.

▪ the famous Hampton Court maze

4.) a children's game on paper in which you try to draw a line through a complicated group of lines without crossing any of them