n. 1 flame, fire, holocaust, inferno, conflagration The fuel barrels exploded, feeding the blaze 2 outburst, eruption, flare-up Her speech fanned the Lower House into a blaze of resentment 3 light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, glow The blaze of lamps lit up the whole square
v. 4 burn, flare up, flame In a few minutes the logs were blazing merrily 5 blaze away (at). fire, shoot, open fire, blast; bombard, shell The enemy appeared, and we just blazed away at them