blaze

Nouns

  • (n) a strong flame that burns brightly
    • the blaze spread rapidly
    blazing,
  • (n) a cause of difficulty and suffering
    • war is hell
    • go to blazes
    hell,
  • (n) noisy and unrestrained mischief
    • raising blazes
    hell,
  • (n) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
    • a glare of sunlight
    brilliance, glare,
  • (n) a light-colored marking
    • they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes
    • the horse had a blaze between its eyes

Verbs

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

Synonyms

blazing blaze away hell blaze out brilliance glare

See also

blaze up burn up flame up flare

Words of close approximity

blab blae blah blat
black blade blahs blain Blair Blake blame blanc bland blank blare blase blast blate
blaze away blaze out blazer blaze up