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Definition of Blaze
1. Verb. Shine brightly and intensively. "The horizon is blazeing with lights"; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
2. Noun. A strong flame that burns brightly. "The blaze spread rapidly"
3. Verb. Shoot rapidly and repeatedly. "He blazed away at the men"
4. Noun. A cause of difficulty and suffering. "Go to blazes"
5. Verb. Burn brightly and intensely. "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
6. Noun. Noisy and unrestrained mischief. "Raising blazes"
Generic synonyms: Devilment, Devilry, Deviltry, Mischief, Mischief-making, Mischievousness, Rascality, Roguery, Roguishness, Shenanigan
7. Verb. Move rapidly and as if blazing. "The spaceship blazed out into space"
Generic synonyms: Depart, Part, Set Forth, Set Off, Set Out, Start, Start Out, Take Off
8. Noun. A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. "A glare of sunlight"
9. Verb. Indicate by marking trees with blazes. "Blaze a trail"
10. Noun. A light-colored marking. "The horse had a blaze between its eyes"
Definition of Blaze
1. n. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.
2. v. i. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
3. v. t. To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.
4. v. t. To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.
Definition of Blaze
1. Noun. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light. ¹
2. Noun. The lighter coloured (normally white) markings on a horse's face. ¹
3. Noun. A high-visibility orange colour with a Hex value of FF6600 and RGB of 255,102,0, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To shine like a flame. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To make a thing shine like a flame. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge. ¹
8. Verb. (slang) To smoke marijuana. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blaze
1. to burn brightly [v BLAZED, BLAZING, BLAZES]
Medical Definition of Blaze
1. 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame. "To heaven the blaze uprolled." 2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun. "O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon!" (Milton) 3. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display. "Fierce blaze of riot." "His blaze of wrath." "For what is glory but the blaze of fame?" (Milton) 4. [Cf. D.; akin to E. Light] A white spot on the forehead of a horse. 5. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark. "Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road." (Carlton) In a blaze, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated. Like blazes, furiously; rapidly. "The horses did along like blazes tear." In low language in the U. S, blazes is frequently used of something extreme or excessive, especially of something very bad; as, blue as blazes. Synonym: Blaze, Flame. A blaze and a flame are both produced by burning gas. In blaze the idea of light rapidly evolved is prominent, with or without heat; as, the blaze of the sun or of a meteor. Flame includes a stronger notion of heat; as, he perished in the flames. Origin: OE. Blase, AS. Blaese, blase; akin to OHG. Blass whitish, G. Blass pale, MHG. Blas torch, Icel. Blys torch; perh. Fr. The same root as E. Blast. Cf. Blast, Blush, Blink. 1. To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark. "I found my way by the blazed trees." (Hoffman) 2. To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path. "Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others." (Nott) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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