Blaze
[bleɪz] or [blez]
Definition
(noun.) a light-colored marking; 'they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes'; 'the horse had a blaze between its eyes'.
(noun.) a strong flame that burns brightly; 'the blaze spread rapidly'.
(verb.) indicate by marking trees with blazes; 'blaze a trail'.
(verb.) move rapidly and as if blazing; 'The spaceship blazed out into space'.
(verb.) burn brightly and intensely; 'The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze'.
(verb.) shine brightly and intensively; 'Meteors blazed across the atmosphere'.
Typist: Vilma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.
(n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.
(n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.
(n.) A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
(n.) A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
(v. i.) To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
(v. i.) To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.
(v. i.) To be resplendent.
(v. t.) To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.
(v. t.) To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.
(v. i.) To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.
(v. i.) To blazon.
Checked by Delores
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Flame.
v. n. Flame, burn with a flame.
v. a. Publish, proclaim, blazon, make known, noise abroad, spread abroad, blaze abroad.
Typist: Molly
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BLAST]
Typed by Edmund
Definition
n. a rush of light or of flame: a bursting out or active display: a white spot on the face of a horse or ox: a mark made on a tree by cutting off a strip of bark to mark a track or a boundary.—v.i. to burn with a flame: to throw out light.—n. Blaz′er a cricket or golf jacket of bright colour.—Blazes from the fires of hell in imprecations like To blazes; also Like blazes = with fury.—To blaze a tree to make a white mark by cutting off a piece of the bark.
v.t. to proclaim to spread abroad.—n. Blaz′er (Spens.) one who spreads abroad or proclaims.
Typist: Marcus
Examples
- Jo started up, revived the blaze, and crept to the bedside, hoping Beth slept. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The sun is a dizzying scarlet blaze, the sky a violet vortex whirling over me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One was needed which would blaze with a great flame and was hard to put out. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the midst of blaze and vapour, Mr. Rochester lay stretched motionless, in deep sleep. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Now I think of it, says Mr. Bucket, warming his hands and looking pleasantly at the blaze, she went out walking the very night of this business. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was the blackness the bright fire leaves when its blaze is sunk, its warmth failed, and its glow faded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Scrape up a few stray locks of furze, and make a blaze, so that we can see who the man is, said Fairway. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Wonder was expressed over the blazing horseshoe that glowed within a pear-shaped globe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then the kind hostess conducted her guests to the snug apartments blazing with cheerful fires. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He glared from one to the other of us with a pair of blazing black eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Welsbach made use of this fact to secure a burner in which the illumination depends upon the glowing of an incandescent, solid mantle, rather than upon the blazing of a burning gas. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was a good blazing fire, and unlighted candles on the table. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- By placing a chimney over the burning wick, a constant and uniform draught of air is maintained around the blazing gases, and hence a steady, unflickering light is obtained. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was hair upon the end, which blazed and shrunk into a light cinder, and, caught by the air, whirled up the chimney. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Facing her on the bank blazed the fire, which at once sent a ruddy glare into the room where she was, and overpowered the candles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Next morning's papers explained that it was but some loose drapery on which a spark had fallen, and which had blazed up and been quenched in a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Play fair, Teddy, or I'll never believe you again, she said, trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up at a word of encouragement. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The murder of Drusus was the last drop in the popular cup; Italy blazed into a desperate insurrection. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every cover was taken off, and the apartment blazed forth in yellow silk damask and a brilliantly-flowered carpet. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- By this time we had got into a current of carriages all tending in one direction, and soon the front of a great illuminated building blazed before us. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A cheerful fire blazes on the hearth; a tea-table, covered with a snowy cloth, stands prepared for the evening meal. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What the Blue Blazes is he? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You ain't a-goin', Blazes? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Not by no means, Blazes,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You can go to blazes! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The wood which blazes on the hearth, the coal which glows in the furnace, and the oil which burns in the stove owe their existence to the sun. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Ask Martingale; he was in Spain, aide-de-camp to General Blazes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Lowell