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Definition of Blazing

1. Noun. A strong flame that burns brightly. "The blaze spread rapidly"

2. Adjective. Shining intensely. "The glaring sun"

3. Adjective. Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious. "A blazing indiscretion"

Definition of Blazing

1. a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.

Definition of Blazing

1. Verb. (present participle of blaze) ¹

2. Adjective. Very fast. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: sarcastically) Very slow. ¹

4. Adjective. (slang of a person) Sexually attractive. ¹

5. Adjective. Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot. ¹

6. Adjective. (colloquial) Exceedingly angry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blazing

1. blaze [v] - See also: blaze

Medical Definition of Blazing

1. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Blazing star. A comet. A brilliant center of attraction. A name given to several plants; as, to Chamaelirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, Synonym: colicroot and star grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blazing

blays blazar blazars blaze blaze a trail blaze away blaze orange blaze oranges blaze out blaze up

blazed blazer blazered blazers blazes blazing star blazingly blazon blazon out blazoned

blazoner blazoners blazoning blazonings blazonment blazonments blazonries blazonry blazons

Literary usage of Blazing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"A blazing STAR. About half past 9 o'clock last Friday night (August 2O, 1886) the star ... The blazing out of a star to much greater prominence than it had ..."

2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Ladders now leap in air, And sudden-blazing fires. In various war Some troops run charging at the city-gates, And slay the guards; some fling the whirling ..."

3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1873)
"WILLIAM B. GREENE'S blazing STAR| seems to us to shine by a reflected light, ... 7he blazing Star; with an Appendix treating of the Jewish Kabbala. ..."

4. A Tramp Abroad by Mark. Twain (1880)
"... snow when it is trying to look its whitest. As to the unimaginable splendour of it when the sun is blazing down on it— well, it simply tt unimaginable. ..."

5. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"A blazing STAR. About half past 9 o'clock last Friday night (August 2O, 1886) the star ... The blazing out of a star to much greater prominence than it had ..."

6. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Ladders now leap in air, And sudden-blazing fires. In various war Some troops run charging at the city-gates, And slay the guards; some fling the whirling ..."

7. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1873)
"WILLIAM B. GREENE'S blazing STAR| seems to us to shine by a reflected light, ... 7he blazing Star; with an Appendix treating of the Jewish Kabbala. ..."

8. A Tramp Abroad by Mark. Twain (1880)
"... snow when it is trying to look its whitest. As to the unimaginable splendour of it when the sun is blazing down on it— well, it simply tt unimaginable. ..."

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