MEANING
1. To describe a heraldic design using its conventional terminology.
2. To display or proclaim something openly and conspicuously.
3. A heraldic emblem or coat of arms.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- blazon a shield
- blazon the arms
On the page
The herald blazoned the family’s arms.
The scholar explained how to blazon the shield.
The record blazoned the colors and figures.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- blazon
- Past tense
- blazoned
- Past participle
- blazoned
- Present participle
- blazoning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- blazon
- Present continuous
- am/is/are blazoning
- Present perfect
- have/has blazoned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been blazoning
- Past
- blazoned
- Past continuous
- was/were blazoning
- Past perfect
- had blazoned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been blazoning
- Future
- will blazon
- Future continuous
- will be blazoning
- Future perfect
- will have blazoned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been blazoning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Forms: blazon; blazons; blazoned; blazoned; blazoning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: blazons.
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