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blaze up

blaze up verb: to burn more brightly.

Verb

blaze up (third-person singular simple present blazes up, present participle blazing up, simple past and past participle blazed up)

  1. (intransitive) To burn more brightly
  2. (intransitive) to burst into flames from a seemingly non-burning state
  3. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To begin smoking cannabis; to light up cannabis; to get high.

Forms of blaze up

third-person singular presentblazes up
present participleblazing up
past participleblazed up
pastblazed up

Questions about blaze up

What does blaze up mean?
Blaze up means to burn more brightly.
What part of speech is blaze up?
Blaze up is a verb.
What is the past tense of blaze up?
The past tense of blaze up is blazed up.

Words near blaze up in the dictionary

  1. blaze down
  2. blaze of glory
  3. blaze on
  4. blaze orange
  5. blaze oranges
  6. blaze up
  7. blaze-up
  8. blazed
  9. blazed a trail
  10. blazed away
  11. blazed down

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