blaze
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and lightA fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
» Tom's eyes blazed with anger.
Meaning
9 sensesA fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
(vielzüngige) Flamme, Flammenmeer, Lohe
пла́мя, ого́нь
по́лум'яpólumʺja
Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
Gleißen, Brennen, Lodern
A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
A hand consisting of five face cards.
The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
Blesse
A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
- a light-colored marking
- a strong flame that burns brightly
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
Examples
65 sentencesTom's eyes blazed with anger.
Tom died in the blaze.
The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
Пожежники швидко загасили полум'я. — uaspeaker
ruПожарные быстро потушили пламя. — Hellerick
deDie Feuerwehrmänner löschten die Flammen schnell. — al_ex_an_der
Twenty people perished in the blaze.
ruДвадцать человек погибли в огне. — captcrouton
The house was blazing with lights.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”)From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”).
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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Forms
plural: blazesSynonyms
7 synonyms- a strong flame that burns brightly:blazing
- noisy and unrestrained mischief:hell
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted:glarebrilliance
- a cause of difficulty and suffering:hell