Ablaze

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ablaze \A*blaze"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.]
     1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. --Milman.
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              All ablaze with crimson and gold.     --Longfellow.
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     2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
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              The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to
              assist Torrijos.                      --Carlyle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ablaze
       adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
              excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
              Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {aflame},
               {aroused}, {turned on(p)}]
       2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
          (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
          aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
          on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
          burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
          fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
           {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}]
       3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
          in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves" [syn: {flaming}]
       4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
          with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
          sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: {ablaze(p)},
           {inflamed}, {reddened}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "ablaze":
     afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, bathed with light,
     bespangled, blazing, boiling over, breathless, brightened, burning,
     candent, candescent, candlelit, comburent, conflagrant, cordial,
     delirious, drunk, enlightened, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant,
     febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, firelit,
     flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing, flashy, flickering, flushed,
     fulgurant, fulgurating, fuming, gaslit, glowing, guttering, hearty,
     heated, hot, ignescent, ignited, illuminated, impassioned,
     in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed, intense,
     intoxicated, irradiate, irradiated, keen, kindled, lamplit,
     lanternlit, lighted, lightened, lit, lit up, live, lively, living,
     luminous, meteoric, moonlit, on fire, passionate, red-hot, reeking,
     scintillant, scintillating, smoking, smoldering, spangled,
     sparking, star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, steaming, steamy,
     studded, sunlit, tinseled, unextinguished, unquenched,
     unrestrained, vigorous, warm, zealous