noun, verb, blazed, blaz⋅ing.| 1. | a bright flame or fire: the welcome blaze of the hearth. |
| 2. | a bright, hot gleam or glow: the blaze of day. |
| 3. | a sparkling brightness: a blaze of jewels. |
| 4. | a sudden, intense outburst, as of fire, passion, or fury: to unleash a blaze of pent-up emotions; a blaze of glory. |
| 5. | blazes, Informal. hell: Go to blazes! |
| 6. | to burn brightly (sometimes fol. by away, up, forth): The bonfire blazed away for hours. The dry wood blazed up at the touch of a match. |
| 7. | to shine like flame (sometimes fol. by forth): Their faces blazed with enthusiasm. |
| 8. | to burn with intense feeling or passion (sometimes fol. by up): He blazed up at the insult. |
| 9. | to shoot steadily or continuously (usually fol. by away): The contestants blazed away at the clay pigeons. |
| 10. | to be brilliantly conspicuous. |
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