Definition of "blaze" in İngilizce

noun

1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

   • They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.

3. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.

4. A bursting out, or active display of any quality.

5. (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.

verb

1. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.

   • The campfire blazed merrily.

2. (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.

3. (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).

4. (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.

5. (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.

6. (figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.

7. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

noun

1. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

   • The palomino had a white blaze on its face.

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

3. (hiking) A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.

verb

1. (transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).

2. (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).

3. (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.

   • The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.

4. (transitive) To mark off or stake a claim to land.

   • He blazed his claim on the land.

5. (transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.

   • Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.

verb

1. (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet.

2. (transitive) To publish; announce publicly.

3. (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame.

4. (transitive, heraldry) To blazon.