Blaze | Mean of blaze in English Dictionary
/ˈbleɪz/
- Noun
- an intense and dangerous fire
- The family escaped the blaze.
- Two people were injured in a restaurant blaze [=a fire in a restaurant] late last night.
- a very bright area of light or color
- a shining blaze of light
- a blaze of color in the autumn leaves
- a sudden appearance or expression of something
- a blaze of fury
- a blaze of publicity/controversy
- The soldier went down in a blaze of glory. [=the soldier died doing something important and worthy of great respect]
- Verb
- to burn very brightly and intensely
- A fire blazed in the stove.
- to shine very brightly
- The sun blazed down on us.
- to be extremely bright or colorful like fire
- The field was blazing [=ablaze] with flowers.
- to show anger
- His eyes blazed with anger/fury.
- to shoot very quickly and constantly
- The assassins rushed into the crowd, with their guns blazing.
- The shooter was still blazing away with an automatic rifle.
- to move very quickly
- A comet blazed across the sky.
- He blazed past the other runners.
- The team blazed through the tournament. [=they easily defeated every opponent]
- Noun
- a stripe of white fur on the center of an animal's face
- a horse with a white blaze
- a mark made on a tree to show a trail
- The trail was marked with yellow blazes.
- Verb
- to show a trail with marks on trees
- We followed a trail that others had blazed.
- to be the first one to do something and to show others how to do it
- The company blazed a trail with the first small computers.
- She blazed a trail for other women in politics.