blaze
Plural: blazes
Noun
- a strong flame that burns brightly
- "the blaze spread rapidly"
- a cause of difficulty and suffering
- "go to blazes"
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- "raising blazes"
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- a light-colored marking
- "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"
- "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- A hand consisting of five face cards.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's 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.
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
Verb
Verb Forms: blazed, blazing, blazes
- To burn brightly or fiercely.
- shine brightly and intensively
- "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- "He blazed away at the men"
- burn brightly and intensely
- "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
- move rapidly and as if blazing
- "The spaceship blazed out into space"
- indicate by marking trees with blazes
- "blaze a trail"
- To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- To set in a blaze; burn.
- To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- To smoke marijuana.
- To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- To blow, as from a trumpet.
- To publish; announce publicly.
- To disclose; bewray; defame.
- To blazon.
Examples
- Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
- He blazed his claim on the land.
- His score began to BLAZE after he found two bingos in a row.
- The campfire blazed merrily.
- The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
- The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
- They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”).
Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).
Synonyms
blaze away, blaze out, blazing, brilliance, glare, hell, international orange, outburst, safety orange
Scrabble Score: 16
blaze: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordblaze: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blaze: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary