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blaze

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1. blaze - Noun

2. blaze - Verb

3. Blaze - Proper noun

Meaning

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.

A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.

A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.

To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.

To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.

To be resplendent.

To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.

To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.

To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.

To blazon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. W. Somerset Maugham

When beggars die, there are no comets seen The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. William Shakespeare

The stony-minded orthodox were right in fearing the first movement of new knowledge and free thought. It has gone on, and will go on, irresistibly, until some day we shall have no respect for an alleged "truth" which cannot stand the full blaze of knowledge, the full force of active thought. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The badger is not aware of its own blaze. Altay Proverb

Since the house is on fire I will warm myself at the blaze. Italian Proverb

A spark may raise An awful blaze. French Proverb

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