blazing

blazing
    adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding
           headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of
           sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: {blazing}, {blinding},
           {dazzling}, {fulgent}, {glaring}, {glary}]
    2: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
       "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity";
       "a blazing indiscretion" [syn: {blatant}, {blazing},
       {conspicuous}]
    n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
         rapidly" [syn: {blaze}, {blazing}]
    

Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blazing}.]
   1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire
      blazes.
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   2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to
      show a blaze.
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            And far and wide the icy summit blazed.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay.
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   {To blaze away}, to discharge a firearm, or to continue
      firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of
      soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.]
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Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
   Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
   --Sir W. Scott.
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   {Blazing star}.
   (a) A comet. [Obs.]
   (b) A brilliant center of attraction.
   (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to
       {Cham[ae]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris
       squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also
       {colicroot} and {star grass}.
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "blazing":
      ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blistering,
      branding, burning, calcination, candent, candescent, carbonization,
      cauterization, cautery, cineration, comburent, combustion,
      concremation, conflagrant, cracking, cremation, cupellation,
      deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling,
      fervent, fervid, fiery, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing,
      flashy, flickering, fulgurant, fulgurating, fuming, glowing,
      guttering, ignescent, ignited, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames,
      incandescent, incineration, inflamed, kindled, live, living,
      meteoric, on fire, oxidation, oxidization, parching, passionate,
      perfervid, pyrolysis, red-hot, reeking, refining, scintillant,
      scintillating, scorching, scorification, searing, self-immolation,
      singeing, smelting, smoking, smoldering, sparking, suttee,
      the stake, thermogenesis, unextinguished, unquenched, vesication