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blaze

/ blaze /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
shine brightly and intensively
"Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
Type of:
shine beam
Derived:
glare brilliance
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
burn brightly and intensely
"The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
Type of:
burn combust
Derived:
blazing
See also:
flare flame up blaze up burn up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
move rapidly and as if blazing
"The spaceship blazed out into space"
Type of:
depart part start
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
indicate by marking trees with blazes
"blaze a trail"
Type of:
mark
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 5
a strong flame that burns brightly
"the blaze spread rapidly"
Type of:
fire flame flaming
noun Sense 6
a light-colored marking
"they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"
"the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
Type of:
marking
noun Sense 7
a cause of difficulty and suffering
"war is hell"
"go to blazes"
Type of:
trouble
verb Sense 8
shoot rapidly and repeatedly
"He blazed away at the men"
Type of:
shoot
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 9
great brightness
"a glare of sunlight"
"the flowers were a blaze of color"
Type of:
brightness
Derived:
glare
noun Sense 10
noisy and unrestrained mischief
"raising blazes"
Type of:
mischief mischief-making mischievousness
Semantic Complexity
69%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
3
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shine beam burn combust depart part start mark fire flame flaming marking