blazes

Noun (1)

blaze (plural blazes)

1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
   • Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
   • They sought shelter from the blaze of the sun.
3. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.

   Synonyms:

   safety orange, international orange

4. A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
   • his blaze of wrathc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   outburst

5. A hand consisting of five face cards.

Noun (2)

blaze (plural blazes)

1. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
   • The palomino had a white blaze on its face.

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