Blaze meaning
A blaze of anger.
Machine guns blazed.
An example of to blaze is to burn down a tree.
An example of a blaze is a large campfire.
Flowers that were a blaze of color.
The blaze of the desert sun.
Where in blazes are my keys?
A garden blazing with flowers.
My neighbor's temper blazed.
Blazed the way in space exploration.
Headlines blazed the news.
The blaze of searchlights.
A blaze of oratory.
To seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.
The campfire blazed merrily.
- Or less commonly, in the present progressive.
I like to blaze; let's go blaze; we blazed last night; he blazes every day.
He is blazing right now.
Eyes that blazed hatred.
- To fire a gun rapidly a number of times.
- To speak heatedly.
- To pioneer, set a direction or course, etc.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of blaze
- Middle English blasen from Middle Dutch blāsen to blow up, swell bhlē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English blase from Old English blæse bhel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Of Germanic origin akin to blaze
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-Germanic *blasōn (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”). Compare Dutch bles (“blaze”), German Blesse (“blaze”), Swedish bläs (“blaze”).
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.
From Wiktionary