blaze meaning and definition

BLAZE noun

Definition of blaze (noun)

1. a strong flame that burns brightly
   • "the blaze spread rapidly"
   • synonyms: blazing
2. a cause of difficulty and suffering
   • "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
   • synonyms: hell
3. noisy and unrestrained mischief
   • "raising blazes"
   • synonyms: hell
4. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
   • "a glare of sunlight"
   • synonyms: brilliance, glare
5. a light-colored marking
   • "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"

BLAZE verb

Definition of blaze (verb)

1. shine brightly and intensively
   • "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
2. shoot rapidly and repeatedly
   • "He blazed away at the men"
   • synonyms: blaze away
3. burn brightly and intensely
   • "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
4. move rapidly and as if blazing
   • "The spaceship blazed out into space"
   • synonyms: blaze out
5. indicate by marking trees with blazes
   • "blaze a trail"