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blaze

1[bleyz] noun, verb, blazed, blaz⋅ing.
–noun
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!
–verb (used without object)
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.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE blase torch, flame; c. MHG blas torch


1. See flame.
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Slang Dictionary
blaze

  1. in.
    to smoke marijuana. : The teacher caught two of them blazing in the john.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blaze  (1)
"fire," O.E. blæse "a torch, flame," from P.Gmc. *blason, from PIE *bhles- "shine," from base *bhel- (see black). The verb is c.1225. Blazes as a euphemism for "hell" dates from 1818.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: blaze
Pronunciation: 'blAz
Function: noun
: a white or gray streak in the hair of the head
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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