blaze
1a bright flame or fire: the welcome blaze of the hearth.
a bright, hot gleam or glow: the blaze of day.
a sparkling brightness: a blaze of jewels.
a sudden, intense outburst, as of fire, passion, or fury: to unleash a blaze of pent-up emotions; a blaze of glory.
blazes, Informal. hell: Go to blazes!
to burn brightly (sometimes followed by away, up, forth): The bonfire blazed away for hours. The dry wood blazed up at the touch of a match.
to shine like flame (sometimes followed by forth): Their faces blazed with enthusiasm.
to burn with intense feeling or passion (sometimes followed by up): He blazed up at the insult.
to shoot steadily or continuously (usually followed byaway): The contestants blazed away at the clay pigeons.
to be brilliantly conspicuous.
Origin of blaze
1synonym study For blaze
Words Nearby blaze
Other definitions for blaze (2 of 3)
a spot or mark made on a tree, as by painting or notching or by chipping away a piece of the bark, to indicate a trail or boundary.
a white area down the center of the face of a horse, cow, etc.
to mark with blazes: to blaze a trail.
to lead in forming or finding (a new method, course, etc.): His research in rocketry blazed the way for space travel.
Origin of blaze
2Other definitions for blaze (3 of 3)
Origin of blaze
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How to use blaze in a sentence
The Cuyahoga first caught on fire in 1868 and would burn 11 more times until the blaze on June 22, 1969.
Here’s how these aerial operations work, and what it’s like battling blazes from the air.
How aerial firefighters battle blazes from the skies | Rob Verger | August 27, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe blazes quickly ripped through hundreds of thousands of acres, forcing thousands to evacuate, filling the skies with smoke, and raining down ash across much of the region.
Yes, climate change is almost certainly fueling California’s massive fires | James Temple | August 20, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewA tornado of fire blazed before settling into a spinning blue flame several centimeters tall.
Four types of flames join forces to make this eerie ‘blue whirl’ | Emily Conover | August 12, 2020 | Science NewsWe’re blazing our own path, and creating opportunities that weren’t there before.
How Would You Describe Millennials In One Word? | Candice Bradley | July 21, 2020 | Everything After Z
On Christmas Day, sometime after dark, a hideous fire overtook the venue: 100 firefighters, 33 fire trucks, a four-alarm blaze.
The Fiery Death of Sotto Sotto, Toronto’s Celebrity Hotspot | Shinan Govani | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe blaze was deemed suspicious enough to warrant an investigation.
The Loser Who Wanted to Be the ISIS Agent Next Door | Michael Daly | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey began assisting whomever they could and made plans to fight this blaze on high.
The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11 | Michael Daly | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPasto is almost 8,300 feet up in the mountains, so it was cold and crisp, with a blaze of stars across the sky.
She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
Confidence | Henry JamesShe waited for the material pictures which she thought would gather and blaze before her imagination.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThrough these flues were forced currents of hot air from a blaze in a large fireplace at one end of the house.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeHard up as we are for shell he thinks it best to blaze it away freely before closing and to trust our bayonets when we get in.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThere was a fire burning in the general-room of the hostelry, and Garnache went to warm him at its cheerful blaze.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for blaze (1 of 3)
/ (bleɪz) /
a strong fire or flame
a very bright light or glare
an outburst (of passion, acclaim, patriotism, etc)
brilliance; brightness
to burn fiercely
to shine brightly
(often foll by up) to become stirred, as with anger or excitement
(usually foll by away) to shoot continuously
Origin of blaze
1- See also blazes
British Dictionary definitions for blaze (2 of 3)
/ (bleɪz) /
a mark, usually indicating a path, made on a tree, esp by chipping off the bark
a light-coloured marking on the face of a domestic animal, esp a horse
to indicate or mark (a tree, path, etc) with a blaze
blaze a trail to explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
Origin of blaze
2British Dictionary definitions for blaze (3 of 3)
/ (bleɪz) /
(tr often foll by abroad) to make widely known; proclaim
Origin of blaze
3Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with blaze
In addition to the idiom beginning with blaze
- blaze a trail
also see:
- hot as blazes
- like greased lightning (blazes)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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