B2verb · transitive · rare

blaze

blaze · blazes · blazed · blazing

звинувачувати, винити, винуватити

пылать, сиять, полыхать, сверкать

brennen, strahlen, lodern, ausleuchten

To be on fire, especially producing bright flamesTo be on fire, especially producing bright flames.

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/bleɪz/

» Tom's eyes blazed with anger.

Meaning

16 senses

(intransitive)To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
The campfire blazed merrily.
lodern, brennen
пыла́тьpylátʹ, полыха́тьpolyxátʹ
(intransitive)To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
strahlen, gleißen, bescheinen
сверка́тьsverkátʹ, сия́тьsijátʹ
(intransitive, poetic)To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
shine brightly and intensively
(rare, transitive)To set in a blaze; burn.
burn brightly and intensely
(transitive)To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
(figuratively)To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
(slang)To smoke marijuana.
(transitive)To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
(transitive)To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
(transitive)To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
indicate by marking trees with blazes
(transitive)To mark off or stake a claim to land.
He blazed his claim on the land.
kennzeichnen
(figuratively, transitive)To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.

Examples

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Tom's eyes blazed with anger.
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Tom died in the blaze.
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The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
Пожежники швидко загасили полум'я.
ruПожарные быстро потушили пламя.
deDie Feuerwehrmänner löschten die Flammen schnell.
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Twenty people perished in the blaze.
ruДвадцать человек погибли в огне.
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The house was blazing with lights.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to be on fire:

to shine like a flame:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to be on fire:

to shine like a flame:

to mark or cut a route:

Origin

From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above. From Middle E

From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.

From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.

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