blaze

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /bleɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #11513

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1

noun
A large, strong, bright fire.

Firefighters fought for hours to control the blaze.
2

verb
To burn brightly and strongly.

The campfire blazed late into the night.
3

verb
To shine very brightly.

The summer sun blazed down on the beach.

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1 noun · a large, strong, bright fire. blazing

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Forms blazedblazesblazing

Derived forms ablazeblazarblaze-upblazelessblazenblazerblazyemblazeimblazeoutblazereblazerekern

Related forms trailblazer

Etymology

] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.

bles Dutch blesse gml *blasī Proto-West Germanic *blasį̄ Proto-Germanic *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European

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# blaze

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /bleɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 11513

## Meanings
1. A large, strong, bright fire.
2. To burn brightly and strongly.
3. To shine very brightly.

## Examples
- Firefighters fought for hours to control the blaze.
- The campfire blazed late into the night.
- The summer sun blazed down on the beach.

## Derived Forms
- ablaze
- blazar
- blaze-up
- blazeless
- blazen
- blazer
- blazy
- emblaze
- imblaze
- outblaze
- reblaze
- rekern

## Related Forms
- trailblazer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bles
- Root: blesse
- Root: *blasī
- Root: *blasį̄
- Root: *bʰel-

## Etymology
] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.

## AI Etymology
Blaze is a 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.

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- Describing Qualities

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