adjective [notbeforenoun] (written)
1 burning quickly and strongly:
The whole building was soon ablaze. * Cars and buses were set ablaze during the riot.
2 ~ (with sth) full of bright colours or light:
The trees were ablaze with the colours of autumn. * There were lights still ablaze as they drove up to the house.
3 ~ (with sth) full of strong emotion or excitement:
He turned to her, his eyes ablaze with anger.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ablaze is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does ablaze appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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