'Hazard' definitions:
Definition of 'hazard'
(from WordNet)
noun
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]
noun
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]
noun
An obstacle on a golf course
verb
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]
verb
Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Hazard'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Hazard'
From: GCIDE
- Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hazard'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'hazard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- adventure,
- ante,
- ante up,
- assume,
- attempt,
- back,
- bechance,
- befall,
- bet,
- bet on,
- betide,
- bingo,
- block,
- blockade,
- book,
- bottleneck,
- brave,
- breakers ahead,
- calculated risk,
- call,
- card games,
- cardhouse,
- casualty,
- catch,
- cause for alarm,
- chance,
- chance hit,
- chance it,
- chuck and toss,
- chuck farthing,
- chuck-a-luck,
- chunk,
- come,
- come along,
- compromise,
- contingency,
- contingent,
- cordon,
- court destruction,
- cover,
- crack-loo,
- crap game,
- crap shooting,
- craps,
- crisis,
- curtain,
- danger,
- dangerous ground,
- dare,
- defy danger,
- desultoriness,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- drawback,
- emergency,
- encounter danger,
- endanger,
- endangerment,
- expose,
- face up to,
- fade,
- fan-tan,
- flier,
- fluke,
- forget the odds,
- fortuity,
- fortune,
- freak accident,
- gamble,
- gamble on,
- gamble with,
- gaping chasm,
- gathering clouds,
- handbook,
- hang-up,
- hap,
- happen,
- happen along,
- happen by chance,
- happening,
- happenstance,
- hitch,
- horse racing,
- house of cards,
- hurdle,
- imperil,
- imperilment,
- incur danger,
- infirmity,
- insecurity,
- insolidity,
- instability,
- insubstantiality,
- jeopard,
- jeopardize,
- jeopardy,
- joker,
- keno,
- lay,
- lay a wager,
- lay down,
- lay open,
- long odds,
- long shot,
- lotto,
- luck,
- lucky shot,
- make a bet,
- make bold,
- make free,
- meet a bet,
- menace,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- parlay,
- pass,
- peril,
- perilousness,
- pinball,
- pinch,
- pitch and toss,
- play,
- play against,
- play with fire,
- plight,
- plunge,
- policy,
- pop up,
- precariousness,
- predicament,
- presume,
- pretend,
- punt,
- put in danger,
- put in jeopardy,
- quicksand,
- rely on fortune,
- risk,
- riskiness,
- rocks ahead,
- rouge et noir,
- roulette,
- rub,
- run a chance,
- run the chance,
- run the risk,
- see,
- set at hazard,
- shakiness,
- shell game,
- shiftiness,
- shiftingness,
- shot,
- slipperiness,
- snag,
- speculation,
- speculativeness,
- stake,
- stand pat,
- storm clouds,
- strait,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- sweepstake,
- sweepstakes,
- take a chance,
- take a flier,
- take chances,
- take the liberty,
- tempt fortune,
- tempt Providence,
- the numbers,
- the numbers game,
- thin ice,
- threat,
- threaten,
- ticklishness,
- treacherousness,
- treachery,
- trente-et-quarante,
- trust to chance,
- try the chance,
- turn up,
- unauthenticity,
- unauthoritativeness,
- uncertainty,
- undependability,
- unfaithworthiness,
- unreliability,
- unsolidity,
- unsoundness,
- unsteadfastness,
- unsteadiness,
- unsubstantiality,
- unsureness,
- untrustworthiness,
- venture,
- wager
Hazard, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hazard, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
66
Housing Units (2000) :
39
Land area (2000) :
0.253208 sq. miles (0.655805 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.253208 sq. miles (0.655805 sq. km)
FIPS code :
21765
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
41.090144 N, 99.077041 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
68844
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Hazard, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hazard, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000) :
4806
Housing Units (2000) :
2291
Land area (2000) :
7.019985 sq. miles (18.181678 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
7.019985 sq. miles (18.181678 sq. km)
FIPS code :
35362
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
37.255910 N, 83.193706 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.