blaze

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: blaze

1	n v	a strong flame that burns brightly shine brightly and intensively
2	n v	a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted indicate by marking trees with blazes
3	n	a cause of difficulty and suffering

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: blaze

“the blaze spread rapidly”

Type of:: fire, flame, flaming
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

“raising blazes”

Type of:: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

“Meteors blazed across the atmosphere”

“The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze”

“He blazed away at the men”

“The spaceship blazed out into space”

Type of:: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off
leave

Type of:: brightness
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

“they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes”

“the horse had a blaze between its eyes”

“blaze a trail”

“go to blazes”

Launch

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