blazing
part of speech
adjective (blazing); verb, -ing form of blaze
meaning for a pupil
1) Burning brightly and strongly. tree →
2) Very hot or bright: blazing sun, blazing heat. tree →
3) (informal) Very angry, or very strong: a blazing row. tree →
4) Very fast: at blazing speed. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories: a blazing fire, a blazing house, a blazing summer day. In weather and safety talk: wear sun cream on a blazing hot day. «A blazing row» (UK) is a very angry, loud argument.
examples
- We toasted marshmallows over the blazing fire. tree →
- It was a blazing hot day, so we stayed in the shade. tree →
- The firefighters rescued the cat from the blazing barn. tree →
- Mum and Dad had a blazing row about money. tree →
- The car drove off at blazing speed. tree →
- Her eyes were blazing with anger. tree →
- On one of the graves he saw a great fire blazing. tree →
note
«Blazing hot» = extremely hot. Base verb: blaze. Do not confuse with «blazer» (jacket).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «blazing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.