to blaze
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3.4
- verb
- /bleɪz/
:
arder
- Later, he came drifting by, his hair blazing wild and white in the sun.
- the sun blazed
- the fire blazed
- lights blaze
As time goes by, the sun gets to blazing, the sun gets to cooking.
- As time goes by, the sun gets to blazing, the sun gets to cooking.
- And maybe then before I go to bed at night, I get a couple of sticks and I, you know, blaze them back up.
Examples
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The fire's still blazing.
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Above the hill, the sun blazed yellow, the color of brilliance, the color of light.
Fiction book (1991) -
Soon this country will be blazing.
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It's already out and we're blazing the charts.
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The angel of the lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush.
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They blaze brightly, then quickly burn out.
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Beyond that were the stars themselves, blazing all around him with cold brilliance.
Fiction book (1991) -
Rosie sits on the sand next to a blazing fire in a cement firepit.
Fiction book (1991) -
The remaining wisps of clouds vaporized, the sun blazed, the thin air warmed, and the wind subsided.
Academic text (2011) -
The campfire began to blaze brightly as night fell.
Synonyms
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2.3
To produce light and heat from fire
34
1.7
To burn or shine with a bright, hot light
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4.6
To light up suddenly with a strong flame or bright light
To burn with a bright flame or glow
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Etymology
The word blaze as a verb comes from the same idea of burning or shining very brightly; to 'blaze' is to burn or shine with strong light, like fireworks or eyes that seem on fire with excitement.