blaze

«blaze» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A large, strong fire that burns brightly, often one that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a blaze, blazes); verb (blaze, blazes, blazed, blazing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A large, strong fire that burns brightly, often one that is dangerous. tree →

2) A very bright light or colour: a blaze of colour. tree →

3) (verb) To burn brightly and strongly. tree →

4) A white stripe down the face of a horse or other animal, or a mark cut on a tree to show a path. tree →

5) (verb) In «blaze a trail»: to be the first to do something new. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and safety lessons, firefighters «tackle a blaze»; children learn fire safety. In stories, «the fire blazed in the hearth» is cosy. Phrases: blaze of glory, blaze a trail, guns blazing, What the blazes? (old, mild exclamation).

examples

• Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath. (Writings PRO.29.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Firefighters fought the blaze for hours. tree →
• The fire blazed in the fireplace. tree →
• The garden was a blaze of colour in summer. tree →
• The horse has a white blaze on its nose. tree →
• She blazed a trail for women in science. tree →
• The sun blazed down on the beach. tree →
• What the blazes is going on here? tree →
• It was now the beginning of summer, and each day the sun blazed more fiercely. tree →

note

Countable as a fire: two blazes. «Blazing» means very bright or very hot. «What the blazes» is old-fashioned and mild. Do not confuse with «blazer», a school jacket.

In the corpora

• Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «blaze» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.