Main Entry: ²blaze

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): blazed; blaz·ing

Date: 13th century

1 a : to burn brightly <the sun blazed overhead> b : to flare up : flame <inflation blazed up>
2 : to be conspicuously brilliant or resplendent <fields blazing with flowers>
3 : to shoot rapidly and repeatedly —usually used with away
4 : to proceed extremely rapidly : blast <blazing down the highway>