blaze
noun
1. a strong flame that burns brightly
- the blaze spread rapidly
Similar word(s): blazing
Definition categories: process, fire, flame, flaming
2. a cause of difficulty and suffering
- go to blazes
Similar word(s): hell
Definition categories: event, trouble
3. noisy and unrestrained mischief
- raising blazes
Similar word(s): hell
Definition categories: act, devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
4. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
Similar word(s): brilliance, glare
Definition categories: attribute, brightness
5. a light-colored marking
- they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes
- the horse had a blaze between its eyes
Definition categories: attribute, marking
Sentences with blaze as a noun:
- to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun
- The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
verb
1. shine brightly and intensively
- Meteors blazed across the atmosphere
Definition categories: weather, beam, shine
2. shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- He blazed away at the men
Definition categories: competition, blast, shoot
3. burn brightly and intensely
- The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze
Definition categories: weather, burn, combust
4. move rapidly and as if blazing
- The spaceship blazed out into space
Definition categories: motion, depart, part, start
5. indicate by marking trees with blazes
- blaze a trail
Definition categories: communication, mark
Sentences with blaze as a verb:
- The campfire blazed merrily.
- The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
- Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
- I like to blaze;