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blaze
Pronunciation: (blāz), [key]
—n., v., blazed, blaz•ing.
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n.
1. a bright flame or fire:
the welcome blaze of the hearth.
2. a bright, hot gleam or glow:
the blaze of day.
3. a sparkling brightness:
a blaze of jewels.
4. a sudden, intense outburst, as of fire, passion, or fury:
to unleash a blaze of pent-up emotions; a blaze of glory.
5. blazes, Informal.hell:
Go to blazes!
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v.i.
1. to burn brightly (sometimes fol. by
away, up, forth):
The bonfire blazed away for hours. The dry wood blazed up at the touch of a match.
2. to shine like flame (sometimes fol. by
forth):
Their faces blazed with enthusiasm.
3. to burn with intense feeling or passion (sometimes fol. by
up):
He blazed up at the insult.
4. to shoot steadily or continuously (usually fol. by
away):
The contestants blazed away at the clay pigeons.
5. to be brilliantly conspicuous.
blaze
Pronunciation: (blāz), [key]
—n., v., blazed, blaz•ing.
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n.
1. a spot or mark made on a tree, as by painting or notching or by chipping away a piece of the bark, to indicate a trail or boundary.
2. a white area down the center of the face of a horse, cow, etc.
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v.t.
1. to mark with blazes:
to blaze a trail.
2. to lead in forming or finding (a new method, course, etc.):
His research in rocketry blazed the way for space travel. blaze
Pronunciation: (blāz), [key]—
v.t., blazed, blaz•ing.
1. to make known; proclaim; publish:
Headlines blazed the shocking news.
2. Obs.to blow, as from a trumpet.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
