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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Blazing

	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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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Blazing

	blazing
     adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights";
            "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the
            glaring sun" [syn: blinding, dazzling, fulgent,
            glaring, glary]
     2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
        (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
        aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
        on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
        burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
        fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p),
         alight(p), burning, flaming, on fire(p)]
     3: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
        "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open
        hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing
        indiscretion" [syn: blatant, conspicuous, open]
     n : a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
         rapidly" [syn: blaze]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Blazing

	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

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