Hazard
['hæzəd] or ['hæzɚd]
Definition
(noun.) an obstacle on a golf course.
(noun.) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; 'drinking alcohol is a health hazard'.
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Definition
(n.) A game of chance played with dice.
(n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
(n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
(n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
(n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
(n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
(n.) To venture to incur, or bring on.
(v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Chance, casualty, accident, fortuitous event.[2]. Danger, peril, risk, jeopardy.
v. a. Venture, adventure, risk, jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger, put in danger, put at hazard.
Typist: Martha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Peril, risk, jeopardy, danger, chance, imperil, dare
ANT:Safety, security, protection, warrant, certainty, calculation, law
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Definition
n. a game played with a dice-box and two dice by any number of players: chance: accident: risk: (billiards) the pocketing of the object ball (winning hazard) of the player's own ball after contact (losing hazard): (tennis) the side of the court into which the ball is served: (golf) a general term for all difficulties on a golf-links—bunkers long grass roads water whins &c.—v.t. to expose to chance: to risk: to venture.—v.i. to run a risk.—adj. Haz′ardable.—n. Haz′ardise (Spens.) hazard.—adj. Haz′ardous dangerous: perilous: uncertain.—adv. Haz′ardously.—ns. Haz′ardousness; Haz′ardry (Spens.) playing at games of hazard or chance: rashness; Chick′en-haz′ard a game of chance with very small stakes.
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Examples
- Cautious, very cautious, thought Emma; he advances inch by inch, and will hazard nothing till he believes himself secure. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And then by hazard. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The blow was aimed at hazard, and was not a severe one. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was required and admonished by those that were within to be more moderate, and not to hazard himself so foolishly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is Defarge whom you see here, who, at the hazard of his life, darted out before the horses, with the petition in his hand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We agreed that his remaining many days in his present hazard was not to be thought of. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What tremendous hazards of loss or gain! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Getty was directed to hold his position at all hazards until relieved. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I then ordered the abandonment of Washington, but directed the holding of New Berne at all hazards. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I went on at all hazards--it was too late now to draw back. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had been shot through the face, but he signalled to his chief a message which left no doubt of his determination to hold his post at all hazards. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I determined to go on at all hazards, and trust for security to my own caution and to the darkness of the night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As it was, however, she only hazarded a hint, and the hint was lost. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Perhaps, young Thorley hazarded, she's too unhappy to be left at home. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I hazarded on a wild guess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I forgive thee the jest, Lord Earl, said Ivanhoe; but, remember, I hazarded but my own life--Richard, the welfare of his kingdom. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I demanded a quarter of an hour to think, before I again hazarded a reply. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The life and honour of Bois-Guilbert must not be hazarded, where contempt and reproaches are his only reward. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And you know where she is gone,' hazarded Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, my friend, I said, and I then shrank from hazarding the bold word; but now let me dare to say--that the perfect guardian must be a philosopher. Plato. The Republic.
- I feared early instilled prejudice: I wanted to have you safe before hazarding confidences. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He says they died in his infancy, your worship,' replied the officer: hazarding the usual reply. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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