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balise — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beacon noun A light, fire, or signal used to guide, warn, or mark a location.
  • blaze noun A large, fast-burning fire.
  • buoy noun A floating marker anchored in water to warn of danger, mark a channel, or show a location.
  • markup noun The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up their buy-in price when determining their selling price.
  • tag noun A small label attached to an item, showing information such as its price, size, or owner.

Senses

balise is used for these senses in English:

  • beacon A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
  • blaze (hiking) A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
  • buoy (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes
  • markup (computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.
  • tag (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

beacon — full definition

  1. noun A light, fire, or signal used to guide, warn, or mark a location.
  2. noun A person or thing that serves as a guiding example or symbol of hope.
  3. verb To send out light or a signal, as a beacon does.

blaze — full definition

  1. noun A large, fast-burning fire.
  2. verb To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.
  3. noun A white or light-coloured mark on a horse's face, or a mark cut into a tree's bark to show a trail.

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