ablaze

«ablaze» in Mova's school dictionary: burning strongly, on fire: «The barn was ablaze.» — 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

adjective (ablaze — after a verb)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ablaze means burning strongly, on fire: «The barn was ablaze.» tree →

2) Ablaze with light or colour means shining very brightly: «The sky was ablaze with fireworks.» tree →

3) Ablaze with a feeling means full of strong feeling: «eyes ablaze with anger». tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and stories, «ablaze» describes fires (a house, a forest, a ship) and tells the reader of danger; in fire safety lessons, if a building is ablaze, get out, stay out and call the fire brigade. In descriptive writing, a garden «ablaze with colour» or a city «ablaze with lights» is beautiful. Phrases: «set ablaze», «ablaze with».

examples

• The old barn was ablaze by the time the firefighters arrived. tree →
• Lightning set the forest ablaze. tree →
• The sky was ablaze with fireworks on Bonfire Night. tree →
• In autumn the trees are ablaze with red and gold. tree →
• Her eyes were ablaze with excitement. tree →
• The city was ablaze with Christmas lights. tree →
• The whole firmament was ablaze with the northern lights, and yet the darkness triumphed. tree →

note

Usually after a verb: «the house was ablaze», not «an ablaze house». Say «a-BLAZE». Fire safety: never go back into a burning building.

In the corpora

• As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

Trees and pragmatics

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