Blaze meaning

What does “blaze” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“blaze” is a noun and verb with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a strong flame that burns brightly.

blaze

a strong flame that burns brightly
“the blaze spread rapidly”
Synonymsblazing
a cause of difficulty and suffering
“war is hell”
“go to blazes”
Synonymshell
noisy and unrestrained mischief
“raising blazes”
Synonymshell
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
“a glare of sunlight”
Synonymsglare brilliance
a light-colored marking
“they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes”
“the horse had a blaze between its eyes”

shine brightly and intensively
“Meteors blazed across the atmosphere”
shoot rapidly and repeatedly
“He blazed away at the men”
Synonymsblaze away
burn brightly and intensely
“The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze”
move rapidly and as if blazing
“The spaceship blazed out into space”
Synonymsblaze out
indicate by marking trees with blazes
“blaze a trail”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University