Dictionary definition · blaze
noun
- a strong flame that burns brightly"the blaze spread rapidly"
- a cause of difficulty and suffering"war is hell"
- noisy and unrestrained mischief"raising blazes"
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted"a glare of sunlight"
- a light-colored marking"they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"
verb
- shine brightly and intensively"Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly"He blazed away at the men"
- burn brightly and intensely"The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
- move rapidly and as if blazing"The spaceship blazed out into space"
- indicate by marking trees with blazes"blaze a trail"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).