What part of speech is blaze?

Blaze can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

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

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does blaze mean?

Definitions

Verb

blaze - burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
blaze - shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
blaze - indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
blaze - move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
blaze - shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"

Noun

blaze - a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly"
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"
blaze - noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
blaze - a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"

Examples of blaze

#   Sentence  
1. noun The blaze spread rapidly.
2. noun The horse had a blaze between its eyes.
3. noun Twenty people perished in the blaze.
4. noun The school building was a blaze of light in the evening darkness.
5. noun The house was in a blaze.
6. noun The area was cordoned off while fire fighters tried to keep the blaze under control.
7. noun The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
8. noun The sun goes down in a wild blaze of color.
9. noun The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze bravely, with scant regard for their own safety.
10. noun The sun sank below the horizon that evening in a blaze of ruby and gold.
11. noun Up flew the bright sparks in myriads as the logs were stirred, and the deep red blaze sent forth a rich glow, that penetrated into the furthest corner of the room, and cast its cheerful tint on every face.
12. noun Tom died in the blaze.
13. noun She spent days without taking food and nights without obtaining sleep; she laughed and wept by turns; she would doze and suddenly awake with a start; she would turn pale and immediately afterwards her cheeks became suffused with a blaze.
14. noun But when the day closed in, and the night put an end to their banquet, it suddenly seemed to them that all the earth was in a blaze; and from the open came a sound of splashing oars, as if a great fleet were approaching.
15. noun She appeared to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light.
16. verb The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze.
17. verb Blaze a trail.
18. verb A fire was seen to blaze up far away.
19. verb Lashed into foam, behind them roars the brine; / now, gliding onward to the beach, ere long / they gain the fields, and rolling bloodshot eyne / that blaze with fire, the monsters move along, / and lick their hissing jaws, and dart a flickering tongue.
20. verb Once more, within a cavern screened from view, / where circling trees a rustling shade supply, / the boards are spread, the altars blaze anew.
Sentence  
noun
The blaze spread rapidly.
The horse had a blaze between its eyes.
Twenty people perished in the blaze.
The school building was a blaze of light in the evening darkness.
The house was in a blaze.
The area was cordoned off while fire fighters tried to keep the blaze under control.
The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
The sun goes down in a wild blaze of color.
The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze bravely, with scant regard for their own safety.
The sun sank below the horizon that evening in a blaze of ruby and gold.
Up flew the bright sparks in myriads as the logs were stirred, and the deep red blaze sent forth a rich glow, that penetrated into the furthest corner of the room, and cast its cheerful tint on every face.
Tom died in the blaze.
She spent days without taking food and nights without obtaining sleep; she laughed and wept by turns; she would doze and suddenly awake with a start; she would turn pale and immediately afterwards her cheeks became suffused with a blaze.
But when the day closed in, and the night put an end to their banquet, it suddenly seemed to them that all the earth was in a blaze; and from the open came a sound of splashing oars, as if a great fleet were approaching.
She appeared to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light.
verb
The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze.
Blaze a trail.
A fire was seen to blaze up far away.
Lashed into foam, behind them roars the brine; / now, gliding onward to the beach, ere long / they gain the fields, and rolling bloodshot eyne / that blaze with fire, the monsters move along, / and lick their hissing jaws, and dart a flickering tongue.
Once more, within a cavern screened from view, / where circling trees a rustling shade supply, / the boards are spread, the altars blaze anew.

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