"blazes" in the noun sense
1. blaze, blazing
a strong flame that burns brightly
"the blaze spread rapidly"
2. hell, blaze
a cause of difficulty and suffering
"war is hell"
"go to blazes"
3. hell, blaze
noisy and unrestrained mischief
"raising blazes"
4. glare, blaze, brilliance
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
"a glare of sunlight"
5. blaze
a light-colored marking
"they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"
"the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
"blazes" in the verb sense
1. blaze
shine brightly and intensively
"Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
2. blaze away, blaze
shoot rapidly and repeatedly
"He blazed away at the men"
3. blaze
burn brightly and intensely
"The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
4. blaze, blaze out
move rapidly and as if blazing
"The spaceship blazed out into space"
5. blaze
indicate by marking trees with blazes
"blaze a trail"
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