Tra từ blaze - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

blaze [blaze blazes blazed blazing] verb, noun BrE [bleɪz] NAmE [bleɪz]
verb
1. intransitive to burn brightly and strongly
•A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.
•Within minutes the whole building was blazing.
•He rushed back into the blazing house.
2. intransitive to shine brightly
•The sun blazed down from a clear blue sky.
•The garden blazed with colour.
3. intransitive ~ (with sth) (formal)if sb's eyes blaze, they look extremely angry
•Her eyes were blazing with fury.
4. (also blazon)transitive, usually passive ~ sth (across/all over sth) to make news or information widely known by telling people about it in a way they are sure to notice
•The story was blazed all over the daily papers.
5. intransitive ~ (away) if a gun or sb using a gun blazes, the gun fires continuously
•In the distance machine guns were blazing.
more at (with) all/both guns blazing at ↑gun _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. senses 1 to 3 and v. sense 5 n. senses 1 to 4 Old English blæse ‘torch, bright fire’ Germanic ↑blaze ‘white spot or stripe on an animal's face’ n. sense 5 mid 17th cent. Germanic German Blässe ‘blaze’ blass ‘pale’ ↑blaze ↑blemishv. sense 4 late Middle English ‘blow out on a trumpet’ Middle Low German Middle Dutch blāzen ‘to blow’ ↑blow

Example Bank:
•For five minutes, soldiers blazed away with machine guns and automatic rifles.
Idioms: ↑blaze a trail ▪ ↑like blazes ▪ ↑who the blazes …?
Derived: ↑blaze up

noun
1. countable (used especially in newspapers)a very large fire, especially a dangerous one
•Five people died in the blaze.
•More than 50 firefighters fought to bring the blaze under control.
2. singular strong bright flames in a fire
•Dry wood makes a good blaze.
3. singular a ~ of sth a very bright show of lights or colour; an impressive or noticeable show of sth
•The gardens are a blaze of colour.
•a blaze of lights in the city centre
•the bright blaze of the sun
•a blaze of glory
•They got married in a blaze of publicity.
4. singular (a) ~ of sth a sudden show of very strong feeling
•a blaze of anger/passion/hate
5. countable, usually singular a white mark on an animal's face

Word Origin:
v. senses 1 to 3 and v. sense 5 n. senses 1 to 4 Old English blæse ‘torch, bright fire’ Germanic ↑blaze ‘white spot or stripe on an animal's face’ n. sense 5 mid 17th cent. Germanic German Blässe ‘blaze’ blass ‘pale’ ↑blaze ↑blemishv. sense 4 late Middle English ‘blow out on a trumpet’ Middle Low German Middle Dutch blāzen ‘to blow’ ↑blow

Example Bank:
•Firefighters are battling those blazes in five counties.
•Strong winds fanned the blaze.
•The antiques were destroyed in a blaze last year.
•The blaze swept through the whole building.
•The fire brigade attended the blaze.
•Fire crews attended six blazes at the weekend.
•Firefighters were called in to tackle the blaze.
•Two die in pub blaze.

See also: ↑blazon