blaze
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What does blaze mean?
A blaze is a bright flame or large fire, characterized as being very bright or burning very hot.
Related to this, a blaze is also anything that is exceptionally bright, colorful, passionate, intense, or sudden, such as a jewel.
Also related to this, to blaze means to burn brightly or hotly or to shine like a flame.
A blaze is also a spot or mark on a tree used to indicate the direction of a trail. To blaze a trail is to mark trees or other landmarks, like rocks, with a blaze. Figuratively, if you blaze a trail, you are finding a new way.
To blaze is also to make known or publish, as in The newspaper blazed the result of the trial on the front page.
Example: The house was in a blaze by the time the firefighters arrived but everyone got out safely.
Where does blaze come from?
The first records of the fire blaze come from before the 1000s. It ultimately comes from the Old English blase, meaning “torch, lamp.” The first records of the trail blaze come from the 1630s, related to the Old Norse blesi meaning “white mark on a beast’s face.” And the first records of “make known” blasé come from the 1300s, from the Middle Dutch blasen, meaning “to blow (a horn).”
You might hear some phrases that use blaze. For example, blaze forth or trailblaze means to figuratively forge a path, as you would when marking a trail in the woods. Blazes is a synonym for hell, playing off the image of hell being made up of fire and brimstone. This meaning can be seen in the exclamation oh blazes, meaning “oh hell.” Finally, blaze can be used as a slang term meaning “to smoke cannabis.”
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How is blaze used in real life?
Blaze is a common word with several unrelated meanings. The most common usage relates to fire and light.
This love is a blaze , i saw flames
— Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) May 21, 2014
Someone who wasn't afraid to blaze her own trail & create a path for those who would follow. A pioneer whose star shined bright. #RIPChyna
— Triple H (@TripleH) April 21, 2016
BREAKING: Paris firefighters say that blaze at Notre Dame cathedral is fully extinguished.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 16, 2019
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Which of the following is NOT a synonym for blaze?
A. smoke
B. wildfire
C. conflagration
D. bonfire