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blaze

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Noun

  1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
  2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
  3. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
  4. A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
  5. A hand consisting of five face cards.
  6. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
  7. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
  8. A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
  9. Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.

Verb

  1. To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
  2. To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
  3. To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
  4. To set in a blaze; burn.
  5. To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
  6. To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
  7. To smoke marijuana.
  8. To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
  9. To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
  10. To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
  11. To mark off or stake a claim to land.
  12. To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
  13. To blow, as from a trumpet.
  14. To publish; announce publicly.
  15. To disclose; bewray; defame.
  16. To blazon.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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