"blazes" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈbleɪzɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav
Rhymes: -eɪzɪz Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} blazes (not comparable)
  1. (slang) hellishly, extremely Tags: not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-blazes-en-adv-O088ygTs Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 17 4 31 13 35

Interjection

IPA: /ˈbleɪzɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav
Rhymes: -eɪzɪz
  1. Expression of frustration, shock, or both.
    Sense id: en-blazes-en-intj-WiF8s3t3

Noun

IPA: /ˈbleɪzɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav
Rhymes: -eɪzɪz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} blazes
  1. plural of blaze Tags: form-of, plural Form of: blaze
    Sense id: en-blazes-en-noun-GZdksqmU Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 17 4 31 13 35

Noun

IPA: /ˈbleɪzɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav
Rhymes: -eɪzɪz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} blazes pl (plural only)
  1. (euphemistic) hell Tags: euphemistic, plural, plural-only Derived forms: blue blazes, go to blazes, hot as blazes
    Sense id: en-blazes-en-noun-Dr3DMXt1 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English pluralia tantum, Temperature Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 17 4 31 13 35 Disambiguation of Temperature: 0 0 0 100 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈbleɪzɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav
Rhymes: -eɪzɪz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blazes
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blaze Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: blaze
    Sense id: en-blazes-en-verb-NC82S0MS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 10 6 11 44 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 17 4 31 13 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 2 4 13 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 2 4 13 49
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪzɪz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blazes"
}

Download raw JSONL data for blazes meaning in English (7.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "blazes"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "blazes",
  "trace": ""
}

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