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

—Synonyms
1. See flame.

blaze

2   [bleyz] noun, verb,blazed, blaz·ing.
–noun
1.
a spot or mark made on a tree, as by painting or notching or by chipping away a piece of the bark, to indicate a trail or boundary.
2.
a white area down the center of the face of a horse, cow, etc.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to mark with blazes: to blaze a trail.
4.
to lead in forming or finding (a new method, course, etc.): His research in rocketry blazed the way for space travel.
Origin:
1655–65; akin to ON blesi, D bles, G Blässe white mark on a beast's face, and to G blass pale

blaze

3   [bleyz]
–verb (used with object),blazed, blaz·ing.
1.
to make known; proclaim; publish: Headlines blazed the shocking news.
2.
Obsolete. to blow, as from a trumpet.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME blasen < MD; c. ON blāsa to blow. See blast
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blazes (ˈbleɪzɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—pl n
1.  slang a euphemistic word for hell
2.  informal (intensifier): to run like blazes; what the blazes are you doing?
3.  slang go to blazes! go to hell!

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Word Origin & History

blaze
"make public" (often in a bad sense, boastfully), late 14c., from M.Du. blasen "to blow" (on a trumpet), from P.Gmc. *blaes-an, from PIE *bhle-, var. of base *bhel- "to swell, blow up" (see bole).

blazes
as a euphemism for "hell," 1818, pl. of blaze (1).
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Medical Dictionary

blaze definition

Pronunciation: /ˈblāz/
Function: n
: a white or gray streak in the hair of the head
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2007 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Slang Dictionary

blaze definition


  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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blazes definition


  1. n.
    hell. (Especially with blue.) Just go to blue blazes. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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