Definition of blaze Blaze

/blejˈz/ - [bleyz] - Blaze

We found 36 definitions of blaze from 7 different sources.

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What does blaze mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: blazes

blaze - a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly"
  blazing
  flame, flaming, fire the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
blaze - a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
blaze - a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
  glare, brilliance
  brightness the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
blaze - noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
  hell
blaze - a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
  hell

Verb

blazes, blazing, blazed  

blaze - burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
  combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
  blaze up, flame up, burn up, flare burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
blaze - shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
  beam, shine smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
blaze - indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
  mark make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
blaze - move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
  blaze out
  set forth, start out, set out, part, depart, set off, take off, start state; "set forth one's reasons"
blaze - shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
  blaze away
  blast, shoot shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • blaze (Noun)
    A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
  • blaze (Noun)
    The lighter coloured normally white markings on a horse's face.
  • blaze (Noun)
    A high-visibility orange colour with a Hex value of FF6600 and RGB of 255,102,0, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
  • blaze (Verb)
    To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
  • blaze (Verb)
    To shine like a flame.
  • blaze (Verb)
    To make a thing shine like a flame.
  • blaze (Verb)
    To mark or cut a route, especially through vegetation, or figuratively, to set a precedent for the take taking-on of a challenge.
  • blaze (Verb)
    To smoke marijuana.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • blaze (n.)
    A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.
  • blaze (n.)
    Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.
  • blaze (n.)
    A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.
  • blaze (n.)
    A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
  • blaze (n.)
    A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
  • blaze (v. i.)
    To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
  • blaze (v. i.)
    To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.
  • blaze (v. i.)
    To be resplendent.
  • blaze (v. t.)
    To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.
  • blaze (v. t.)
    To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.
  • blaze (v. i.)
    To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.
  • blaze (v. i.)
    To blazon.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • blaze
    To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
  • blaze
    To shine like a flame.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • blaze
    blāz, n. a rush of light or of flame: a bursting out or active display: a white spot on the face of a horse or ox: a mark made on a tree by cutting off a strip of bark to mark a track or a boundary.—v.i. to burn with a flame: to throw out light.—n. Blaz′er, a cricket or golf jacket of bright colour.—Blazes, from the fires of hell, in imprecations like To blazes; also Like blazes = with fury.—To blaze a tree, to make a white mark by cutting off a piece of the bark. [A.S. blæse, a torch, from root of Blow.]
  • blaze
    blāz, Blazon, blā′zn, v.t. to proclaim, to spread abroad.—n. Blaz′er (Spens.), one who spreads abroad or proclaims. [Same as Blare; Blazon is the M. E. blasen, with the n retained.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • blaze
    To fire away as briskly as possible. To blaze away is to keep up a running discharge of fire-arms. Also, to spear salmon. Also, in the woods, to mark a tree by cutting away a portion of its outer surface, thus leaving a patch of whiter internal surface exposed, to call attention or mark a track.

Part of speech

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  • blaze, verb, present, 1st person singular of blaze (infinitive).
  • blaze, verb (infinitive).
  • blaze, noun, singular of blazes.

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