n.

1. a strong flame that burns brightly;
   blazing
   
   • the blaze spread rapidly
2. a cause of difficulty and suffering;
   hell
   
   • war is hell
   • go to blazes
3. noisy and unrestrained mischief;
   hell
   
   • raising blazes
4. great brightness;
   glare, brilliance
   
   • a glare of sunlight
   • the flowers were a blaze of color
5. a light-colored marking
   
   • they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes
   • the horse had a blaze between its eyes

v.

1. shine brightly and intensively
   
   • Meteors blazed across the atmosphere
2. shoot rapidly and repeatedly;
   blaze away
   
   • He blazed away at the men
3. burn brightly and intensely
   
   • The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze
4. move rapidly and as if blazing;
   blaze out
   
   • The spaceship blazed out into space
5. indicate by marking trees with blazes
   
   • blaze a trail