blaze

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈbleɪz/ 🇺🇸 /ˈbleɪz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A large, fiercely burning fire.; A bright, intense light or glare.; A brilliant display or outburst, as of color, emotion, or activity.; A white mark or stripe on the face of an animal, especially a horse.; A mark made on a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of bark, to indicate a trail or boundary.; A sudden, intense outburst of anger or excitement.; A very fast speed; full speed.; (Informal) Used as a mild expletive or intensifier, as in 'what the blaze' or 'like blazes'.
  2. verb
    To burn fiercely or brightly.; To shine with a bright, intense light.; To mark a tree or trail with blazes.; To be conspicuous or prominent; to stand out vividly.; To fire a gun rapidly and continuously.; To be furiously angry.; To pioneer or establish a new path or course of action (often used with 'trail').
  3. adjective
    Burning fiercely; blazing.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: blazes 3rd sing.: blazes Past: blazed Past part.: blazed Pres part.: blazing

Collocations

blaze a trailblaze of glorylike blazesblaze upin a blazeblaze through

Derivatives

blazerblazingblazingly

Synonyms

flamefireinfernoconflagrationflare

Commonly confused

blasé
EN: 'blasé' means unimpressed or indifferent due to overexposure; 'blaze' refers to a fierce fire or bright light.
blazon
EN: 'blazon' means to display or proclaim widely (especially heraldic arms); 'blaze' refers to a fire or to mark a trail.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'blaze' (a fire) with 'blasé' (indifferent), which has an accent and a completely different meaning.

💬 Examples

  1. The blaze destroyed three buildings before firefighters could contain it.

  2. The blaze of the midday sun made it difficult to see.

  3. The garden was a blaze of color in the spring.

  4. The horse had a distinctive blaze running down its nose.

  5. We followed the blazes on the trees to find our way through the forest.

  6. He flew into a blaze of fury when he heard the news.

  7. The car went by at a blaze.

  8. What the blaze are you doing here?

  9. The bonfire blazed throughout the night.

  10. The stars blazed in the clear night sky.