blaze

blaze
blaze [bleɪz]
1. noun
   a. ( = cheering fire) (belle) flambée f ; ( = conflagration) incendie m
   b. blaze of light torrent m de lumière
• blaze of colour flamboiement m de couleur(s)
• in a blaze of glory auréolé de gloire
• blaze of publicity battage m médiatique
2. intransitive verb
   a. [log fire] flamber ; [building, wreckage] brûler ; [sun] darder ses rayons
► blazing with
• her eyes blazing with anger ses yeux étincelant de colère
• a garden blazing with colour un jardin resplendissant de couleurs
3. transitive verb
• to blaze a trail montrer la voie
* * *
[bleɪz] 1.
noun
1) (fire) (in hearth) feu m, flambée f; (accidental) incendie m
2) (sudden burst) (of flames) embrasement m

she left in a blaze of publicity — elle est partie sous les feux des médias

3) (on horse) liste f
4) (cut in tree) encoche f
2.
blazes (colloq & dated) plural noun

what the blazes are you up to? — qu'est-ce que tu fabriques? (colloq)

how the blazes did he do it? — comment diable a-t-il fait ça?

to run like blazes — courir comme un dératé/une dératée

3.
transitive verb (mark) griffer [tree]

to blaze a trail — lit baliser une voie; fig faire œuvre de pionnier

4.
intransitive verb
1) (also blaze away) (burn) [fire] brûler, flamber; [house, car] brûler
2) (also blaze away) (give out light) [lights] briller
3) (shoot) [gun] pétarader
5.
blazing present participle adjective
1) (violent) [argument] violent; [heat] accablant; [fire] ronflant; [building, car] embrasé; [sunshine] plein (before n)
2) (colloq) (furious) fou/folle de rage

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