Sekirov Dictionary

blaze

/bleɪz/

verb 16
noun 9
forms 5
phrases 5

verb16

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To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- The campfire blazed merrily.
(rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
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To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- And far and wide the icy summit blaze. — 1793
To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
(literary) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
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To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- We drew them up, therefore, and concealed them among the bushes, blazing a tree with our axes, so that we should find them again. — 1912
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To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
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To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- He blazed his claim on the land.
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(figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
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(slang) To smoke marijuana.
- I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck / But really what’s amazing is how I keep blazing — 2005
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(figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- “I’ll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!” blazed the girl. — 1929
To blow, as from a trumpet.
To publish; announce publicly.
To disclose; bewray; defame.
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To blazon.
- And nowe here is another crosse for your learning, and is thus blazed. The field is Argét, a playn crosse Gules, voyded of the first. — 1576
To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).

noun9

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
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Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
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A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- For what is glory but the blaze of fame? — 1671
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The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
A hand consisting of five face cards.
Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.

forms

blazed · blazing · blazes · blazeth · blazest

Phrases with blaze

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