blaze
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- A hand consisting of five face cards.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
Verb
- To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- To set in a blaze; burn.
- To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- To smoke marijuana.
- To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- To blow, as from a trumpet.
- To publish; announce publicly.
- To disclose; bewray; defame.
- To blazon.
Proper noun
- A male given name from Latin.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
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