blaze

Meanings

• a strong flame that burns brightly
  • "the blaze spread rapidly"
• a cause of difficulty and suffering
  • "go to blazes"
• noisy and unrestrained mischief
  • "raising blazes"
• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
• a light-colored marking
  • "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"
  • "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
• shine brightly and intensively
  • "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
• shoot rapidly and repeatedly
  • "He blazed away at the men"
• burn brightly and intensely
  • "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
• move rapidly and as if blazing
  • "The spaceship blazed out into space"
• indicate by marking trees with blazes
  • "blaze a trail"

Synonyms

blaze away, blaze out, blazing, brilliance, glare, hell