Ablaze
[ə'bleɪz] or [ə'blez]
Definition
(adj.) resembling flame in brilliance or color; 'maple trees ablaze in autumn' .
(adj.) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; 'his face all ablaze with excitement'- Bram Stoker; 'he was aflame with desire' .
(adj.) lighted with red light as if with flames; 'streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees'; 'the inflamed clouds at sunset'; 'reddened faces around the campfire' .
(adj.) lighted up by or as by fire or flame; 'forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning'; 'even the car's tires were aflame'; 'a night aflare with fireworks'; 'candles alight on the tables'; 'houses on fire' .
Checker: Roberta--From WordNet
Definition
(adv. & a.) On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
(adv. & a.) In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Edited by Ben
Definition
adj. in a blaze on fire: gleaming brightly.
Editor: Tamara
Examples
- If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When it was thoroughly ablaze Eustacia took it by the stem and waved it in the air above her head till it had burned itself out. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Tamara