blaze

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  1. noun A brilliant burst of fire; a flame.
  2. noun A destructive fire.
  3. noun A bright or steady light or glare: the blaze of the desert sun.
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  • Bleskacek said one possible cause for the blaze was a heat lamp Emch had in the barn to keep the baby goat warm.
  • But watching this blaze was an eye opener for her. —  ABC7 News
  • Authorities blame the second fire -- which took place in May -- on a teenager, who claims the blaze was an accident. —  KCRA.com - Local News
  • As of Sunday evening, fire officials said the blaze was about 19 percent contained. —  KSAT.com - Local News
  • Which shot forth such a blaze is also gone: —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4
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blaze:   blazed ·  blazing
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  1. Middle English blase, from Old English blæse; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Of Germanic origin; akin to blaze1.
  3. Middle English blasen, from Middle Dutch blāsen, to blow up, swell; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also blase (Scots bleeze, earlier blese); from Middle English blase, a flame, from Anglo-Saxon blæse, blase, a flame, torch, = Middle Low German Low German blas = Middle High German blas, a torch (cf. Anglo-Saxon blæst, a flame); akin to blaze, q. v., but only remotely, if at all, to blaze, q. v. The Anglo-Saxon forms blysa, blysige, a torch, etc., belong to another root: see blush.
  2. Early modern English also blase (= Scots bleeze, blese); from Middle English blasen, blaze; from the noun.
  3. from Middle English blasen, blow, as a trumpet, from Anglo-Saxon *blǣsan, blow (= Middle Dutch blaesen, Dutch blazen, blow, sound a trumpet, = Middle Low German blasen = Old High German blāsan, Middle High German blāsen, German blasen = Icelandic blāsa = Swedish blâsa = Danish blæse, blow, = Gothic (Moesogothic) blēsan, in comp. ufblēsan, puff up); prob., with formative -s, from the root *blā of blāwan, blow, breathe: see blow, and cf. blast. In the later senses confused with blazon, q. v.
  4. from blaze, v.
  5. = Dutch bles = Middle Low German blesse = Middle High German blasse, German blässe = Icelandic blesi = Swedish bläs and bläsa = Danish blis, a white spot or streak on the forehead (German blässe also paleness); from the adjective represented by Old High German blas, whitish, Middle High German blas, bald, pale, weak, German blass, pale, wan, orig. ‘shining’; connected with blaze, a torch, flame: see blaze; cf. Icelandic blasa, lie open to view.
  6. = Middle Low German blesset, past participle; from blaze, n.
  7. English dial. (not found in Middle English or Anglo-Saxon), = Middle Low German blase, a bladder, = Old High German blāsa, Middle High German blase, German blasen, a bladder, bubble, blister, pimple; from the verb blaze (= Old High German blāsan, Middle High German G. blasen), blow: see blaze, and cf. blast and blister.
  8. Origin uncertain.
 

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