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trailblaze

trailblaze verb: to create (blaze) a new trail that others can then follow.

Verb

trailblaze (third-person singular simple present trailblazes, present participle trailblazing, simple past and past participle trailblazed)

  1. to create (blaze) a new trail that others can then follow
    • These boundaries both tribalize our identity and allow us to trailblaze new paths through life.2015, Leonard Sweet, From Tablet to Table: Where Community Is Found and Identity Is Formed
    Synonyms:
    blaze a trail

Synonyms of trailblaze

Forms of trailblaze

third-person singular presenttrailblazes
present participletrailblazing
past participletrailblazed
pasttrailblazed

Origin of trailblaze

Back-formation from trailblazer.

Words formed from trailblaze

Questions about trailblaze

What does trailblaze mean?
Trailblaze means to create (blaze) a new trail that others can then follow.
What part of speech is trailblaze?
Trailblaze is a verb.
What is the past tense of trailblaze?
The past tense of trailblaze is trailblazed.

Words near trailblaze in the dictionary

  1. trail rope
  2. trail-blazing
  3. trailable
  4. trailbaston
  5. trailbastons
  6. trailblaze
  7. trailblazed
  8. trailblazer
  9. trailblazers
  10. trailblazes
  11. trailblazing

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