Word

blaze, v.
(blazed, blazes, blazing)
freq. cnt. 8

shine brightly and intensively
<verb.weather> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

blaze

sample sentences

"Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"

verb frames

Something ----s
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blaze

semantic pointers

hypernym

shine, beam

shoot rapidly and repeatedly
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

blaze blaze away

sample sentences

"He blazed away at the men"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

shoot, blast

indicate by marking trees with blazes
<verb.communication>

blaze

sample sentences

"blaze a trail"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

mark

move rapidly and as if blazing
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

blaze blaze out

sample sentences

"The spaceship blazed out into space"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

start, take off, depart, set off, set out, start out, part, set forth

burn brightly and intensely
<verb.weather>

blaze

sample sentences

"The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blaze

also see

blaze up

semantic pointers

hypernym

burn, combust