BLAZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does blaze mean?
• BLAZE (noun)
The noun BLAZE has 5 senses:
1. a strong flame that burns brightly
2. a cause of difficulty and suffering
3. noisy and unrestrained mischief
4. great brightness
5. a light-colored marking
Familiarity information: BLAZE used as a noun is common.
• BLAZE (verb)
The verb BLAZE has 5 senses:
1. shine brightly and intensively
2. shoot rapidly and repeatedly
3. burn brightly and intensely
4. move rapidly and as if blazing
5. indicate by marking trees with blazes
Familiarity information: BLAZE used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• BLAZE (noun)
Meaning:
A strong flame that burns brightly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
blazing; blaze
Context example:
the blaze spread rapidly
Hypernyms ("blaze" is a kind of...):
fire; flame; flaming (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke)
Meaning:
A cause of difficulty and suffering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
blaze; hell
Context examples:
war is hell / go to blazes
Hypernyms ("blaze" is a kind of...):
trouble (an event causing distress or pain)
Meaning:
Noisy and unrestrained mischief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
blaze; hell
Context example:
raising blazes
Hypernyms ("blaze" is a kind of...):
devilment; devilry; deviltry; mischief; mischief-making; mischievousness; rascality; roguery; roguishness; shenanigan (reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others)
Meaning:
Great brightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brilliance; glare; blaze
Context examples:
a glare of sunlight / the flowers were a blaze of color
Hypernyms ("blaze" is a kind of...):
brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
Meaning:
A light-colored marking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes / the horse had a blaze between its eyes
Hypernyms ("blaze" is a kind of...):
marking (a pattern of marks)
• BLAZE (verb)
Meaning:
Shine brightly and intensively
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
Meteors blazed across the atmosphere
Hypernyms (to "blaze" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights blaze on the horizon
The horizon is blazeing with lights
Meaning:
Shoot rapidly and repeatedly
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
blaze; blaze away
Context example:
He blazed away at the men
Hypernyms (to "blaze" is one way to...):
shoot (fire a shot)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Burn brightly and intensely
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze
Hypernyms (to "blaze" is one way to...):
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Also:
blaze up (burn brightly)
Meaning:
Move rapidly and as if blazing
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
blaze out; blaze
Context example:
The spaceship blazed out into space
Hypernyms (to "blaze" is one way to...):
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Indicate by marking trees with blazes
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
blaze a trail
Hypernyms (to "blaze" is one way to...):
mark (designate as if by a mark)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
