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blaze

/bleɪz/noun, verb1 syllable

Blaze means: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted.

Synonyms for blaze18

noun, as in a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

glare, brilliance

noun, as in a strong flame that burns brightly

blazing

noun, as in a cause of difficulty and suffering

hell

noun, as in noisy and unrestrained mischief

hell

verb, as in shoot rapidly and repeatedly

blaze away

verb, as in move rapidly and as if blazing

blaze out

also used for blaze

safety orange, international orange, outburst, besmirch, denigrate, traduce, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel

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What does blaze mean?10

noun

1

a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted“a glare of sunlight”

2

a strong flame that burns brightly“the blaze spread rapidly”

3

a cause of difficulty and suffering“war is hell”

4

noisy and unrestrained mischief“raising blazes”

5

a light-colored marking“they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes”

verb

1

shoot rapidly and repeatedly“He blazed away at the men”

2

move rapidly and as if blazing“The spaceship blazed out into space”

3

shine brightly and intensively“Meteors blazed across the atmosphere”

4

burn brightly and intensely“The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze”

5

indicate by marking trees with blazes“blaze a trail”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with blaze?41

Show 40 near rhymes
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All 41 rhymes for blaze, grouped by syllable

Blaze in a sentence

  • The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze bravely, with scant regard for their own safety.patgfisher
  • As the storm hit, the flames in the lantern struggled to blaze out.LoverofEnglish
  • A fire was seen to blaze up far away.CM
  • The school building was a blaze of light in the evening darkness.unknown
  • The sun goes down in a wild blaze of color.unknown
  • She appeared to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light.Hybrid
  • Efforts to bring the blaze under control using buckets soon failed.sundown
  • Ziri's bones turned to ash in the blaze.Amastan

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Forms of blaze

as a noun

plural
blazes

as a verb

past tense
blazed
present participle
blazing
third-person singular
blazes
past participle
blazed