Blaze definition
Machine guns blazed.
- 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.
Flowers that were a blaze of color.
Where in blazes are my keys?
A blaze of anger.
A garden blazing with flowers.
My neighbor's temper blazed.
Eyes that blazed hatred.
A blaze of oratory.
An example of to blaze is to burn down a tree.
An example of a blaze is a large campfire.
Blazed the way in space exploration.
Headlines blazed the news.
The blaze of searchlights.
To seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.
The campfire blazed merrily.
The blaze of the desert sun.
- 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