Definitions of blaze:

• noun:   a light-colored marking

  Example: "They chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"

• noun:   a strong flame that burns brightly

  Example: "The blaze spread rapidly"

• noun:   noisy and unrestrained mischief

  Example: "Raising blazes"

• noun:   great brightness

  Example: "The flowers were a blaze of color"

• noun:   a cause of difficulty and suffering

  Example: "Go to blazes"

• verb:   burn brightly and intensely

  Example: "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"

• verb:   shine brightly and intensively

  Example: "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"

• verb:   indicate by marking trees with blazes

  Example: "Blaze a trail"

• verb:   move rapidly and as if blazing

  Example: "The spaceship blazed out into space"

• verb:   shoot rapidly and repeatedly

  Example: "He blazed away at the men"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #17871)