Meaning and Origin
What does the name Blaze mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Ohio, U.S., the name Blaze means "Unwavering Protector".
- A submission from Indonesia says the name Blaze means "oak tree" and is of Korean origin.
- According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Blaze means "Fierce strong never gives up".
- A submission from Oklahoma, U.S. says the name Blaze means "Blistering Fire" and is of English origin.
- A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame."To heaven the blazeuprolled." [Croly.]
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun."O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon!" [Milton.]
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display."Fierce blazeof riot.""His blazeof wrath." [Shak.]"For what is glory but the blaze of fame?" [Milton.]
- A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
Etymology: Cf. D. bles; akin to E. blaze light
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark."Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road." [Carlton.]synonyms: Blaze Flame.
Note: ☞ In low language in the U. S., blazes is frequently used of something extreme or excessive, especially of something very bad; as, blue as blazes. Neal.
Usage: A blaze and a flame are both produced by burning gas. In blaze the idea of light rapidly evolved is prominent, with or without heat; as, the blaze of the sun or of a meteor. Flame includes a stronger notion of heat; as, he perished in the flames.
Etymology: OE. blase, AS. blæse blase; akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch, Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf. Blast Blush Blink
- To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes .
- To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze."And far and wide the icy summit blazed." [Wordsworth.]
- To be resplendent.
- To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark."I found my way by the blazed trees." [Hoffman.]
- To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path."Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others." [Nott.]
- To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous."On charitable lists he blazed his name." [Pollok.]"To blaze those virtues which the good would hide." [Pope.]
- [Her] To blazon.(Obs)
Etymology: OE. blasen to blow; perh. confused with blast and blaze a flame, OE. blase. Cf. Blaze (v. i.), and see Blast
- Noisy and unrestrained mischief ("raising blazes")
- A light-colored marking ("they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes" and "the horse had a blaze between its eyes")
- A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- A cause of difficulty and suffering ("go to blazes")
- A strong flame that burns brightly ("the blaze spread rapidly")
- Indicate by marking trees with blazes ("blaze a trail")
- Shoot rapidly and repeatedly ("He blazed away at the men")
- Move rapidly and as if blazing ("The spaceship blazed out into space")
- Burn brightly and intensely ("The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze")
- Shine brightly and intensively ("Meteors blazed across the atmosphere")
Variant of Blaise.
- A male given name from Latin.
- A patronymic surname.