Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blaze

5 senses of blaze

Sense 1
blaze, blazing -- (a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly")
       => fire, flame, flaming -- (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries")

Sense 2
hell, blaze -- (a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes")
       => trouble -- (an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble")

Sense 3
hell, blaze -- (noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes")
       => mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan -- (reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others)

Sense 4
glare, blaze, brilliance -- (a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight")
       => brightness -- (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

Sense 5
blaze -- (a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes")
       => marking -- (a pattern of marks)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blaze

5 senses of blaze

Sense 1
blaze -- (shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere")
       => shine, beam -- (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces")

Sense 2
blaze away, blaze -- (shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men")
       => blast, shoot -- (fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away")

Sense 3
blaze -- (burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze")
       => burn, combust -- (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well")
          Phrasal Verb-> blaze up#1

Sense 4
blaze, blaze out -- (move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space")
       => depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off -- (leave; "The family took off for Florida")

Sense 5
blaze -- (indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail")
       => mark -- (designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border")

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