blaze.
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
Meaning & usage
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
A hand consisting of five face cards.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).
To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
The campfire blazed merrily.
To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
To set in a blaze; burn.
To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
To smoke marijuana.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.
The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
Where this word comes from
] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.
To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
To mark off or stake a claim to land.
He blazed his claim on the land.
To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
Where this word comes from
] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.
To blow, as from a trumpet.
To publish; announce publicly.
To disclose; bewray; defame.
To blazon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.
Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.
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