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| blaze [ blayz ] |
noun (plural blaz·es) |
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1. white mark on animal's face: a white streak on the face of a horse or other animal
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2. mark showing way: a mark indicating a path, originally a cut made in a tree trunk
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transitive verb (past and past participle blazed, present participle blaz·ing, 3rd person present singular blaz·es) |
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1. mark path: to indicate a new path by making marks
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2. do something new: to lead the way in doing something new
  He blazed the way to the understanding of DNA's structure.
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| [Mid-17th century. Perhaps < Old Norse blesi, Middle High German blasse, or Middle Low German bles "white mark"] |
