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# blazing

«blazing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Burning brightly and strongly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (blazing); verb, -ing form of blaze

### meaning for a pupil

1) Burning brightly and strongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#m1)

2) Very hot or bright: blazing sun, blazing heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#m2)

3) (informal) Very angry, or very strong: a blazing row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#m3)

4) Very fast: at blazing speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: a blazing fire, a blazing house, a blazing summer day. In weather and safety talk: wear sun cream on a blazing hot day. «A blazing row» (UK) is a very angry, loud argument.

### examples

- We toasted marshmallows over the blazing fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x1)
- It was a blazing hot day, so we stayed in the shade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x2)
- The firefighters rescued the cat from the blazing barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x3)
- Mum and Dad had a blazing row about money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x4)
- The car drove off at blazing speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x5)
- Her eyes were blazing with anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x6)
- On one of the graves he saw a great fire blazing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/#x7)

### note

«Blazing hot» = extremely hot. Base verb: blaze. Do not confuse with «blazer» (jacket).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blazing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blazing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.