blaze

Meaning

Noun

1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
3. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
4. A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
5. A hand consisting of five face cards.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
2. (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
3. (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
4. (rare, transitive) To set in a blaze; burn.
5. (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
6. (figuratively) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
7. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

Verb

1. (transitive) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
2. (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
3. (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
4. (transitive) To mark off or stake a claim to land.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.

Verb

1. (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet.
2. (transitive) To publish; announce publicly.
3. (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame.
4. (transitive) To blazon.

Synonyms

flame

fire

🔥

burn

flare

glow

shine

conflagration

glare

hell

gleam

flash

flare up

flames

incandesce

ignite

brilliance

burn up

take fire

tongue of fire

catch fire

blazing

burning

sparkle

❇️

blaze away

inflammation

burn fiercely

zeal

ardour

be on fire

burn brightly

light up

lustre

blaze up

heat

ignition

glisten

glitter

flicker

blaze out

glory

ablaze

coal

clear-cut

bonfire

clear

check

bluster

blast

chalk

blow up

Translations

Flamme

fiammata

flamber

llamarada

feu

🔥

Lohe

flamme

incendie

🔥

brûler

Brand

🔥

vampa

lodern

φλόγα

Feuer

🔥

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bleɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blase

Inherited from Old English: blæse

Cognate with Low German: blas

Cognate with Middle High German: blas

Cognate with Dutch: bles

Cognate with German: Blesse

Cognate with Swedish: bläs

Inherited from Middle English: blasen

Inherited from Old English: *blǣsan

Cognate with English: blast

In summary

From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“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”).