a 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!
verb (used without object),blazed,blaz·ing.
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 by away): The contestants blazed away at the clay pigeons.
to be brilliantly conspicuous.
Origin of blaze
1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English blase, blease, blese “a flame, blaze,” Old English blase, blæse “torch, lamp”; cognate with Middle High German blas “torch,” German blass (adjective) “pale, whitish”
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.
verb (used with object),blazed,blaz·ing.
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
2
First recorded in 1635–45; akin to Old Norse blesi, Dutch bles, German Blässe, all meaning “white mark on a beast's face,” and to German adjective blass “pale”; see blaze1
Definition for blaze (3 of 3)
blaze3
[ bleyz ]
/ bleɪz /
verb (used with object),blazed,blaz·ing.
to make known; proclaim; publish: Headlines blazed the shocking news.
Obsolete. to blow, as from a trumpet.
Origin of blaze
3
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English blasen “to blow (a horn), fan (fire), breathe (flames),” from Middle Dutch blasen “to blow (a horn)”; cognate with Old Norse blāsa “to blow (as wind, or with the mouth), blow a horn”; see also blast
The Cuyahoga first caught on fire in 1868 and would burn 11 more times until the blaze on June 22, 1969.
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A tornado of fire blazed before settling into a spinning blue flame several centimeters tall.
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A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.
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The blaze was deemed suspicious enough to warrant an investigation.
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They began assisting whomever they could and made plans to fight this blaze on high.
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A handsome man is very dry fuel near a young lady's warm heart—her enthusiasm soon glows into a blaze.
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Stubby pushed two chairs up to the fire, waved Jack to one, and extended his own feet to the blaze.
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She watched the thin paper curl and smolder among the smoking embers of last night's blaze.
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I was still so youthful that I felt uneasy about the ribbon which seemed to blaze and draw all eyes.
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Seldom has a theological topic caused such a blaze of tumult.
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British Dictionary definitions for blaze (1 of 3)
blaze1
/ (bleɪz) /
noun
a strong fire or flame
a very bright light or glare
an outburst (of passion, acclaim, patriotism, etc)
brilliance; brightness
verb(intr)
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
See also blazes
Word Origin for blaze
Old English blæse
British Dictionary definitions for blaze (2 of 3)
blaze2
/ (bleɪz) /
noun
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
verb(tr)
to indicate or mark (a tree, path, etc) with a blaze
blaze a trailto explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
Word Origin for blaze
C17: probably from Middle Low German bles white marking; compare blemish
British Dictionary definitions for blaze (3 of 3)
blaze3
/ (bleɪz) /
verb
(tr often foll by abroad) to make widely known; proclaim
Word Origin for blaze
C14: from Middle Dutch blāsen, from Old High German blāsan; related to Old Norse blāsa