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 | ||