blaze

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

2. 2

   Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

   • They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
   • O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, / Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse / Without all hope of day!
3. 3

   A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.

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   1. 4

      A bursting out, or active display of any quality.

      • his blaze of wrath
      • For what is glory but the blaze of fame?
   2. 5

      A hand consisting of five face cards.

   3. 6

      To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.

      • The campfire blazed merrily.
   4. 7

      To send forth or reflect a bright light

      To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.

      • And far and wide the icy summit blaze.
   5. 8

      To be conspicuous

      To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).

   6. 9

      To set in a blaze

      To set in a blaze; burn.

   7. 10

      To cause to shine forth

      To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.

   8. 11

      To be furiously angry

      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.
   9. 12

      To smoke marijuana.

      • I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck / But really what’s amazing is how I keep blazing
      • Fam, I don’t blaze / But I can bill up, so if I get bored / I might mm, bill it / At studio, I’m like mm, kill it
   10. 13

       The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

       • The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
   11. 14

       A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.

   12. 15

       A waymark

       A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.

   13. 16

       To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).

   14. 17

       To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).

       • They had, just as we expected they would, cut Stuart’s tracks, and had actually slept one night in one of his old camping-places, finding the trees “blazed” and marked “S.,” as were all the trees at intervals along his line of exploration.
       • We drew them up, therefore, and concealed them among the bushes, blazing a tree with our axes, so that we should find them again.
   15. 18

       To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.

       • The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
   16. 19

       To mark off or stake a claim to land.

       • He blazed his claim on the land.
   17. 20

       To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge

       To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.

       • Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
   18. 21

       To blow, as from a trumpet.

   19. 22

       To publish

       To publish; announce publicly.

   20. 23

       To disclose

       To disclose; bewray; defame.

   21. 24

       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.
       • [...] yée thal blaze his Armes thus. A. beareth Argent, and Sable parted per Pale.
       • Beinge thus blazed: Henzell On a ffeild Gules, beareth Three Acornes Slipped Or; Two and One.
   22. 25

       Publication

       Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.

   23. 26

       A male given name from Latin.

   24. 27

       A surname originating as a patronymic.

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• neighborblaze away
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• neighborblaze up
• neighborblazing star
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