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blaze
What does blaze mean?
blaze (noun): a fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use blaze in a sentence?
- The blaze spread rapidly. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce blaze?
/bleɪz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does blaze come from?
From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “blaze” mean?
a fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light
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a long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost
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a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes
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the leader or head of a tribe, organization, business unit, or other group
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