upblaze

English

Etymology

up- +‎ blaze

Verb

upblaze (third-person singular simple present upblazes, present participle upblazing, simple past and past participle upblazed)

1. (intransitive) To blaze or shoot up.

Noun

upblaze (plural upblazes)

1. A blazing up.
   • 1919, Ezra Pound, Instigations:

     His figures flood things with jets of various light, like the sudden upblaze of fountains.

   • 2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni:

     The upblaze of reflected heat burns my cheeks and eyes. Her body swims before me, spangled and transpierced by shafts of light caught in my tears. I croak that I am sorry for having invaded her hut.

Anagrams

• blaze up