- blazing
- adjective
Date: 1567
of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity <blazing eyes> <a blazing fastball> <blazing gunfire> • blazingly adverb
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Blazing — Blaz ing, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blazing — late 14c., shining, also vehement, prp. adjective from BLAZE (Cf. blaze) (v.1). As a mild or euphemistic epithet, attested from 1888 (no doubt connected with the blazes in colloquial sense of Hell ) … Etymology dictionary
blazing — [[t]ble͟ɪzɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Blazing sun or blazing hot weather is very hot. Quite a few people were eating outside in the blazing sun. ...freezing cold winters and blazing hot summers. 2) ADJ: ADJ n When people have a blazing row, they… … English dictionary
blazing — blaz|ing [ bleızıŋ ] adjective only before noun 1. ) burning very strongly: Firefighters surrounded the blazing building. 2. ) very hot because the sun is shining strongly: a blazing hot day in July 3. ) very bright: a blazing sunset 4. ) showing … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
blazing — UK [ˈbleɪzɪŋ] / US adjective [only before noun] 1) burning very strongly Firefighters surrounded the blazing building. 2) very hot because the sun is shining strongly a blazing hot day in July 3) very bright a blazing sunset 4) showing a lot of… … English dictionary
blazing — blaz|ing [ˈbleızıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) extremely hot ▪ a blazing August afternoon 2.) full of strong emotions, especially anger ▪ He jumped to his feet in a blazing fury. blazing row (=very angry argument) … Dictionary of contemporary English
blazing — adjective (only before noun) 1 extremely hot: a blazing August afternoon 2 full of strong emotions, especially anger: He jumped to his feet in a blazing fury. | blazing row (=very angry argument) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blazing — [ˈbleɪzɪŋ] adj 1) burning very strongly a blazing building[/ex] 2) very hot the blazing sun[/ex] 3) showing a lot of anger or emotion a blazing row[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
blazing — adjective a) Very fast. Garden snails move at a blazing speed of about .03 miles per hour. b) Very slow. The actress, with her perfectly curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie! … Wiktionary
blazing — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Blazing is used with these nouns: ↑bonfire, ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑furnace, ↑heat, ↑log, ↑row, ↑sun, ↑sunshine, ↑torch, ↑wreck, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
