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 away4: to proceed extremely rapidly : blast <blazing down the highway>