"blaze" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A strong flame that burns brightly (synset 113460261)
"the blaze spread rapidly"

is a type of: fire, flame, flaming - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

same as: blazing
A cause of difficulty and suffering (synset 107320525)
"war is hell"; "go to blazes"

is a type of: trouble - an event causing distress or pain

same as: hell
Noisy and unrestrained mischief (synset 100738084)
"raising blazes"

is a type of: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

same as: hell
A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted (synset 104959747)
"a glare of sunlight"

is a type of: brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

same as: brilliance, glare
A light-colored marking (synset 104688415)
"they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"

is a type of: marking - a pattern of marks

Verb

Shine brightly and intensively (synset 202770572)
"Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"

is a type of: beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
Shoot rapidly and repeatedly (synset 201137512)
"He blazed away at the men"

is a type of: blast, shoot - fire a shot

same as: blaze away
Burn brightly and intensely (synset 202770396)
"The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"

is a type of: burn, combust - undergo combustion
Move rapidly and as if blazing (synset 202018715)
"The spaceship blazed out into space"

is a type of: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off - leave

same as: blaze out
Indicate by marking trees with blazes (synset 200923996)
"blaze a trail"

is a type of: mark - designate as if by a mark