Definitions
develop a fine network of cracks
Word origin
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative.
Used in a sentence
“Have you heard about the new dance craze? / Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed / Big fun to be had by everyone / It's up to you, it surely can be done”
“Winemaking was a huge craze in the 1970s, when affordable package holidays to the continent gave people a taste for winedrinking, but the recession made it hard to afford off-license prices back home.”
“‘A poor fellow with a craze, sir,’ said Mr. Dick, ‘a simpleton, a weak-minded person […] may do what wonderful people may not do. […]’”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Passing fad”5 letters
02“Short-lived fad”5 letters
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