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 Definitions for blazing: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blazed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blazing.]
1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire
blazes.
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2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to
show a blaze.
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And far and wide the icy summit blazed.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay.
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To blaze away, to discharge a firearm, or to continue
firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of
soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
--Sir W. Scott.
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Blazing star.
(a) A comet. [Obs.]
(b) A brilliant center of attraction.
(c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to
{Cham[ae]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris
squarrosa}; and Aletris farinosa, called also
colicroot and star grass.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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blazing
adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights";
"dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the
glaring sun" [syn: blinding, dazzling, fulgent,
glaring, glary]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
{alight(p)}, burning, flaming, {on fire(p)}]
3: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
"open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open
hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing
indiscretion" [syn: blatant, conspicuous, open]
n : a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
rapidly" [syn: blaze]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "blazing":
ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blistering,
branding, burning, calcination, candent, candescent, carbonization,
cauterization, cautery, cineration, comburent, combustion,
concremation, conflagrant, cracking, cremation, cupellation,
deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling,
fervent, fervid, fiery, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing,
flashy, flickering, fulgurant, fulgurating, fuming, glowing,
guttering, ignescent, ignited, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames,
incandescent, incineration, inflamed, kindled, live, living,
meteoric, on fire, oxidation, oxidization, parching, passionate,
perfervid, pyrolysis, red-hot, reeking, refining, scintillant,
scintillating, scorching, scorification, searing, self-immolation,
singeing, smelting, smoking, smoldering, sparking, suttee,
the stake, thermogenesis, unextinguished, unquenched, vesication
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