blaze

English

/bleɪz/

noun
Definitions
  • A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
  • Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
  • The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
  • A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
  • A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.
  • A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
  • (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blase (torch) inherited from Old English blæse inherited from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (torch) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰel-

Gloss

shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

白

Emoji
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