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Added 7 October 2026

blaze

/bleɪz/ noun

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A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
blaze:

verb

To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
The campfire blazed merrily.
To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy .

noun

The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
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.

verb

To mark with a white spot on the face .
To set a mark on .
To indicate or mark out by a series of blazes.
The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.

Origin

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”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).

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