What is the meaning of blaze?

noun

• A strong flame that burns brightly.
  • usage: "the blaze spread rapidly"
  • synonyms: blazing
• A cause of difficulty and suffering.
  • usage: "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
  • synonyms: hell
• Noisy and unrestrained mischief.
  • usage: "raising blazes"
  • synonyms: hell
• A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted.
  • usage: "a glare of sunlight"
  • synonyms: glare, brilliance
• A light-colored marking.
  • usage: "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"

verb

• Shine brightly and intensively.
  • usage: "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
• Shoot rapidly and repeatedly.
  • usage: "He blazed away at the men"
  • synonyms: blaze away
• Burn brightly and intensely.
  • usage: "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
• Move rapidly and as if blazing.
  • usage: "The spaceship blazed out into space"
  • synonyms: blaze out
• Indicate by marking trees with blazes.
  • usage: "blaze a trail"