4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blazing}.] 1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes. [1913 Webster] 2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze. [1913 Webster] And far and wide the icy summit blazed. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] {To blaze away}, to discharge a firearm, or to continue firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {Blazing star}. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to {Cham[ae]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also {colicroot} and {star grass}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: blazing adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: {blinding}, {dazzling}, {fulgent}, {glaring}, {glary}] 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)}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}] 3: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" [syn: {blatant}, {conspicuous}, {open}] n : a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" [syn: {blaze}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 81 Moby Thesaurus words for "blazing": ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blistering, branding, burning, calcination, candent, candescent, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, comburent, combustion, concremation, conflagrant, cracking, cremation, cupellation, deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, fervent, fervid, fiery, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing, flashy, flickering, fulgurant, fulgurating, fuming, glowing, guttering, ignescent, ignited, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, incineration, inflamed, kindled, live, living, meteoric, on fire, oxidation, oxidization, parching, passionate, perfervid, pyrolysis, red-hot, reeking, refining, scintillant, scintillating, scorching, scorification, searing, self-immolation, singeing, smelting, smoking, smoldering, sparking, suttee, the stake, thermogenesis, unextinguished, unquenched, vesication
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