blazes (verb)

  • 1go to blazes — verb go to hell …

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  • 2denote — verb a) To indicate; to mark. The yellow blazes denote the trail. b) To make overt. The tears denoted her true feelings …

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  • 3blaze — [[t]ble͟ɪz[/t]] blazes, blazing, blazed 1) VERB When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly. Three people died as wreckage blazed, and rescuers fought to release trapped drivers... The log fire was blazing merrily. [V ing] ...a blazing… …

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  • 4blaze — I. noun Etymology: Middle English blase, from Old English blæse torch; probably akin to Old English bǣl fire more at bald Date: before 12th century 1. a. an intensely burning fire b. intense direct light often accompanied by heat < the blaze of&#8230; …

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  • 5blaze — 1 verb 1 (I) to burn very brightly and strongly: The room was warm and cosy, with a fire blazing in the hearth. 2 (I) to shine with a very bright light: The house still blazed with lights although it was midnight. 3 also blaze away (I) to fire&#8230; …

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  • 6blaze — blaze1 [ bleız ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to burn strongly and brightly: A huge log fire blazed in the grate. The following morning the building was still blazing. a ) if the sun blazes, it is very bright and hot: blaze down: The afternoon sun&#8230; …

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  • 7blaze — I. /bleɪz / (say blayz) noun 1. a bright flame or fire. 2. a bright, hot gleam or glow: the blaze of day. 3. a sparkling brightness: a blaze of jewels. 4. a sudden, intense outburst, as of fire, passion, fury: *Phoebe turned on her sister in a&#8230; …

  • 8blaze */ — I UK [bleɪz] / US noun Word forms blaze : singular blaze plural blazes 1) a) [countable, usually singular] mainly journalism a large fire that causes a lot of damage, especially when a building is burning Firefighters were called to a blaze at a&#8230; …

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  • 9blaze — blaze1 noun 1》 a very large or fiercely burning fire. 2》 a very bright light or display of colour.     ↘a conspicuous display or outburst of something: they broke up in a blaze of publicity. 3》 (blazes) informal used as a euphemism for ‘hell’.&#8230; …

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  • 10blue — /blu / (say blooh) noun 1. the pure hue of clear sky; deep azure (between green and violet in the spectrum). 2. Also, washing blue. a substance, as indigo, used to whiten clothes in laundering them. 3. a blue thing. 4. a person who wears blue, or …