blaze
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[edit] Noun
blaze (plural blazes)
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- The lighter coloured (normally white) markings on a horse's face.
- The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
- A high-visability orange colour with a Hex value of FF6600 and RGB of 255,102,0, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
[edit] Translations
fast-burning fire
mark resembling fire
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[edit] Verb
blaze (third-person singular simple present blazes, present participle blazing, simple past and past participle blazed)
- (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
- The campfire blazed merrily.
- (intransitive) To shine like a flame.
- (transitive) To make a thing shine like a flame.
- (transitive) To mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge.
- The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
- Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
- (slang) To smoke marijuana.
- Most commonly used in the infinitive, simple present, or simple past:
- I like to blaze.
- Let's go blaze.
- We blazed last night.
- He blazes every day.
- Or less commonly, in the present progressive:
- He is blazing right now.
- Most commonly used in the infinitive, simple present, or simple past:
[edit] Translations
to be on fire
to shine like a flame
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