Meaning

Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire..

Definitions by Sense

1. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
2. Radiant with bright light and color.
3. In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
4. On fire; in a blaze.
5. Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
6. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

Example Sentences

1791, The Bee, Volume 4, Short Chronicle of Events, 27 July, 1791, p. v, On entering the walls which surround the house, then all ablaze, a most dreadful conflict took place […]

The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water, / Bearing a torch ablaze at the prow.

So Wang and Tiger’s men rushed into such houses as were not too ablaze and they began to drag out booty of silken pieces and yards of cloth and garments and anything they could carry.

Tony Stark makes you feel He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel. As Iron Man, all jets ablaze, He’s fighting and smiting with repulsor rays! Amazing armor! That’s Iron Man! A blazing power! That’s Iron Man!

Mario Balotelli, in the headlines for accidentally setting his house ablaze with fireworks, put City on their way with goals either side of the interval as United struggled to contain the array of attacking talent in front of them.

The Heav’ns are all a-blaze, the face of night Is cover’d with a sanguine dreadful light:

All ablaze with crimson and gold.

The day being June the thirtieth, which is the very high-tide time of summer flowers, the immediate neighbourhood of the castle was ablaze with roses, pinks, pansies, carnations, hollyhocks, columbines, larkspurs, London pride, Canterbury bells, and a multitude of other choice blooms.

Word Forms

• more ablaze
• most ablaze

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