noun

blaze

blayz

noun

A large, fast-burning fire.

"Firefighters battled the blaze for six hours before bringing it under control."

"The warehouse blaze could be seen from miles away."

A white or light-coloured mark on a horse's face, or a mark cut into a tree's bark to show a trail.

"The trail was easy to follow thanks to the blazes carved into the pine trunks."

verb

To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.

"The bonfire blazed long into the night."

"Sunlight blazed off the windscreen."

How to Use Blaze

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA strong, bright fire, or (as a verb) to burn or shine intensely; also a trail marker or a mark on an animal's face.

Common pairings

a raging blaze blaze of glory blaze a trail

Word Forms

blazed past tense, blazed past tense, blazed past tense, blazes plural, blazes plural, blazes plural, blazes singular, blazes singular, blazes singular

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Etymology

From Old English "blæse," meaning a torch or flame, tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to shine."

Rhymes for blaze

faze haze daze gaze maze raze baze amaze craze glaze graze ablaze

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