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English noun: blaze | |||
| 1. | blaze (process) a strong flame that burns brightly | ||
| Samples | The blaze spread rapidly. | ||
| Synonyms | blazing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fire, flame, flaming | ||
| 2. | blaze (event) a cause of difficulty and suffering | ||
| Samples | War is hell. Go to blazes. | ||
| Synonyms | hell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trouble | ||
| 3. | blaze (act) noisy and unrestrained mischief | ||
| Samples | Raising blazes. | ||
| Synonyms | hell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan | ||
| 4. | blaze (attribute) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted | ||
| Samples | A glare of sunlight. | ||
| Synonyms | brilliance, glare | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brightness | ||
| 5. | blaze (attribute) a light-colored marking | ||
| Samples | They chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes. The horse had a blaze between its eyes. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | marking | ||
English verb: blaze | |||
| 1. | blaze (weather) shine brightly and intensively | ||
| Samples | Meteors blazed across the atmosphere. | ||
| Examples | Lights blaze on the horizon, The horizon is blazeing with lights | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beam, shine | ||
| 2. | blaze (competition) shoot rapidly and repeatedly | ||
| Samples | He blazed away at the men. | ||
| Synonyms | blaze away | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blast, shoot | ||
| 3. | blaze (weather) burn brightly and intensely | ||
| Samples | The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | burn, combust | ||
| 4. | blaze (motion) move rapidly and as if blazing | ||
| Samples | The spaceship blazed out into space. | ||
| Synonyms | blaze out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off | ||
| 5. | blaze (communication) indicate by marking trees with blazes | ||
| Samples | Blaze a trail. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mark | ||
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