BLAZE

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blaze¹ I. substantiv

1. vâlvătaie, pălălaie, flacără, foc;

in a blaze în flăcări, cuprins de flăcări.

2. lumină sau culoare vie.

3. izbucnire (a focului, a pasiunii etc.).

4. strălucire, splendoare, glorie;

blaze of publicity faimă, glorie.

5. plural (sl.) iad, gheenă, focul gheenei;

go to blazes! du-te dracului, du-te naibii!;

(fam.) as blazes grozav, teribil (de), straşnic;

(fam.) like blazes din răsputeri, năvalnic; grozav; de mama focului;

what the blazes? ce dracu? ce naiba?

blaze¹ II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a arde cu flacără vie.

2. a străluci, a scăpăra, a sclipi, a luci;

3. blaze away! dă-i! arde-l!;

to blaze away at a) (mil.) a trage foc continuu împotriva (cu gen.); b) (fam.) a o ţine într-una, a cicăli;

to blaze away at one's work a munci cu râvnă / cu tragere de inimă;

to blaze up a izbucni, a fierbe de mânie.

blaze¹ II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a arde, a pune pe foc.

2. (şi to blaze forth / abroad) a da în vileag / pe faţă, a destăinui, a difuza; a bate toba despre, a trâmbiţa.

blaze² I. substantiv

1. ţintă / pată albă (pe fruntea animalelor); stea (la cai).

2. crestătură, semn, marcaj (pe copaci).

blaze² II. verb tranzitiv

1. a cresta, a însemna (copaci).

2. a însemna / a marca (drumul) prin crestături pe copaci;

to blaze the trail / path / way a) a-şi face drum prin pădure, făcând crestături pe copaci; b) (fig.) a-şi face / a-şi croi drum; a merge pe căi neumblate, a fi deschizător de drumuri.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The old familiar blaze of health rushed out from him and struck her like a blow.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Gregson flung it open and held his light full blaze in front of him, while we all peered eagerly over his shoulders.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated; his eye blazed: still I dared to speak.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

But, when the place was left behind, and especially when Steerforth and I were happily seated over our dinner by a blazing fire, it was delicious to think of having been there.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

There is a chill in the air after dark, and we had all drawn close to the blaze.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once, they came upon a path blazed through the forest, an ancient path, and the Lost Cabin seemed very near.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

His eyes were positively blazing.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The girl's eyes blazed her disappointment.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The Doctor, who made as much of my going away as if I were going to China, received me as an honoured guest; and called for a log of wood to be thrown on the fire, that he might see the face of his old pupil reddening in the blaze.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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