English Explanatory Dictionary

blaze

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
  2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
  3. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
  4. A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
  5. A hand consisting of five face cards.
verb
  1. To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
  2. To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
  3. To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
  4. To set in a blaze; burn.
  5. To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
  6. To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
  7. To smoke marijuana.
noun
  1. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
  2. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
  3. A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
verb
  1. To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
  2. To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
  3. To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
  4. To mark off or stake a claim to land.
  5. To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
verb
  1. To blow, as from a trumpet.
  2. To publish; announce publicly.
  3. To disclose; bewray; defame.
  4. To blazon.
noun
  1. Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
name
  1. A male given name from Latin.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Pronunciation

/bleɪz/ en-us-blaze.ogg

Word forms

blaze blazes blazing blazed

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

safety orange international orange outburst besmirch denigrate traduce assassinate asperse backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmear bewray blacken blame blaze blemish blot blur calumniate calumny chat shit chat shite cloud defame demonize deprave depreciate detract dirty discredit disgrace disparage disrepute diss drag through the mud forgab forspeak foul infamize lampoon libel malign monsterize muddy reproach revile scandal shit-talk slag slander smear smirch spatter spot speak ill of stab stain sully

Related words

blaze away blaze down blaze on blaze up blazing star guns blazing blaze a trail trailblazer

Derived words

ablaze blazar blazeless blazen blaze of glory blaze orange blazer blaze-up blazy emblaze imblaze outblaze reblaze rekern upblaze

Translations

Bulgarian: пробивам път Finnish: merkitä Finnish: raivata French: baliser German: kennzeichnen Māori: kowata
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