blazes

1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

   to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun

3. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

   The palomino had a white blaze on its face.

4. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
5. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.
6. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
7. A hand consisting of five face cards.

1. To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.

   The campfire blazed merrily.

2. To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
3. To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
4. To set in a blaze; burn.
5. To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
6. (only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
7. To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
8. To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.

   The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.

9. To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.

   Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.

10. To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
11. To smoke marijuana.

noun

Publication; the act of spreading widely by report

1. To blow, as from a trumpet
2. To publish; announce publicly
3. To disclose; bewray; defame
4. To blazon

1. Hell

   Where the blazes were you?

1. Hellishly, extremely

   It gets blazes hot here in the summer.

interjection

Expression of frustration, shock, or both.