ablaze with excitement

ablaze with excitement
ablaze with excitement
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  • ablaze — adjective or adverb Date: 1801 1. being on fire 2. radiant with light or emotion < his face all ablaze with excitement Bram Stoker > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Ablaze — A*blaze , adv. & a. [Pref. a + blaze.] 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. [1913 Webster] All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. [1913 Webster] The young Cambridge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ablaze — [[t]əble͟ɪz[/t]] 1) ADJ: v n ADJ, v link ADJ Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely. Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze. 2) ADJ: v link ADJ, usu ADJ with n If a place is ablaze with lights or colours, it is very bright because …   English dictionary

  • ablaze — adjective 1 be ablaze to be burning with a lot of flames, often causing serious damage: Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. | set sth ablaze (=make something burn a lot): A tanker was set ablaze in the gunboat attack. 2 filled with a lot… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ablaze — 1. adjective /əˈbleɪz/ a) On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. All ablaze with crimson and gold. b) In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. 2 …   Wiktionary

  • ablaze — a|blaze [ ə bleız ] adjective never before noun 1. ) burning with a lot of flames: set something ablaze (=start something burning): Within minutes, the whole building had been set ablaze. 2. ) LITERARY bright and full of light or color 3. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ablaze — UK [əˈbleɪz] / US adjective [never before noun] 1) burning with a lot of flames set something ablaze (= start something burning): Within minutes, the whole building had been set ablaze. 2) literary bright and full of light or colour 3) literary… …   English dictionary

  • aroused — adjective 1. aroused to action (Freq. 1) the aroused opposition • Similar to: ↑awakened 2. emotionally aroused (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑stimulated, ↑stirred, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • blaze — 01. Firemen say the [blaze] that destroyed the school started in the furnace room. 02. We built a [blazing] fire on the beach and cooked our supper over it. 03. A brilliant sunset [blazed] in the evening sky. 04. The wreckage of the car [blazed]… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • List of past General Hospital characters — The following is a list of notable past characters from the soap opera, General Hospital who are not notable enough for their own articles. Characters are listed based on the decade in which they first appeared. Contents 1 2010 present 1.1 Warren …   Wikipedia

  • a|blaze — «uh BLAYZ», adjective, adverb. 1. on fire; in a blaze; blazing: »The forest was set ablaze by lightning. 2. shining brightly; flashing or brilliant: »The hotel was ablaze with lights. 3. in great excitement: »I was ablaze with anger when he… …   Useful english dictionary

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