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Blaze
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- 1 A male given name from Latin.
- 2 A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 1 A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
"Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals,[…]."
- 2 The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
"The palomino had a white blaze on its face."
- 3 Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
- 4 noisy and unrestrained mischief wordnet
- 5 Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
"They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun."
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- 6 A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
"The blaze is a longitudinal cut on trees at convenient intervals, made by cutting off the bark with an axe or hatchet: three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze, a settlement or neighbourhood road."
- 7 a light-colored marking wordnet
- 8 A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- 9 A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
- 10 a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted wordnet
- 11 A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
"his blaze of wrath"
- 12 a cause of difficulty and suffering wordnet
- 13 A hand consisting of five face cards.
- 14 a strong flame that burns brightly wordnet
- 1 To be on fire, especially producing bright flames. intransitive
"The campfire blazed merrily."
- 2 To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse). transitive
- 3 To blow, as from a trumpet. transitive
- 4 indicate by marking trees with blazes wordnet
- 5 To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame. intransitive
"And far and wide the icy summit blaze."
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- 6 To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark). transitive
"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."
- 7 To publish; announce publicly. transitive
- 8 shoot rapidly and repeatedly wordnet
- 9 To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.). intransitive, poetic
- 10 To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes. transitive
"The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth."
- 11 To disclose; bewray; defame. transitive
- 12 move rapidly and as if blazing wordnet
- 13 To set in a blaze; burn. rare, transitive
- 14 To mark off or stake a claim to land. transitive
"He blazed his claim on the land."
- 15 To blazon. transitive
"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."
- 16 burn brightly and intensely wordnet
- 17 To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with. transitive
- 18 To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example. figuratively, transitive
"Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us."
- 19 shine brightly and intensively wordnet
- 20 To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage. figuratively
"“I’ll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!” blazed the girl."
- 21 To smoke marijuana. slang
"I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck / But really what’s amazing is how I keep blazing"
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”).
From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.
] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.
] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.
From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.
From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.
Variant of Blaise.
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