blaze

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
blaze

Plural
blazes

blaze (plural blazes)

  1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
  2. A mark resembling a fire.
    "The palomino had a white blaze on its face."

[edit] Translations

fast-burning fire
mark resembling fire

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to blaze

Third person singular
blazes

Simple past
blazed

Past participle
blazed

Present participle
blazing

to blaze (third-person singular simple present blazes, present participle blazing, simple past and past participle blazed)

  1. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
    The campfire blazed merrily.
  2. (intransitive) To shine like a flame.
  3. (transitive) To make a thing shine like a flame.
  4. (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.
  5. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

[edit] Translations

to be on fire
to shine like a flame
to make shine like flame
to mark or cut a route

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