overblaze

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verb

To blaze a trail excessively.

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Meanings

verboverblaze (third-person singular simple present overblazes, present participle overblazing, simple past and past participle overblazed)

present singular third person overblazes · participle present overblazing · participle past overblazed · past overblazed

  1. ambitransitiveTo blaze a trail excessively.

    […] and keep going on what is an oddly overblazed trail that stays close to the ridgeline (and provides nice winter views), crosses several gullies, and takes you to a familiar, table-equipped intersection.

    2011, Paul Elliott, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Washington D.C. (page 486)
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    Even Perkins criticized Avery's tendency to overblaze. MacKaye was anguished and wrote to Avery that he was losing sight of the goal, that the original concept of a wilderness way was being destroyed by overcivilizing the trailway.

    2019, Laura Waterman, Guy Waterman, Forest and Crag (page 492)

Origin

over- + blaze

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APA

overblaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overblaze

MLA

“overblaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overblaze. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overblaze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overblaze.

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