Torch - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|tɔːrtʃ|
Brit.
|tɔːtʃ|
noun
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp (syn: flashlight)
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame (syn: blowlamp, blowtorch)
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp (syn: flashlight)
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame (syn: blowlamp, blowtorch)
verb
- burn maliciously, as by arson
The madman torched the barns
Extra examples
...in an insurance scam, the slumlord hired a torch to burn the tenement down...
We shone our torches around the cavern.
Rioters torched several abandoned cars.
The madman torched the barns
He's been carrying a torch for your sister for years.
Leaders in the mountains carried the torch of Greek independence.
She screamed and dropped the torch.
You can run the torch off batteries or plug it into the mains.
Can you raise the torch so I can see?
Shine that torch over here, will you?
He switched the torch on.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: torch
he/she/it: torches
present participle: torching
past tense: torched
past participle: torched
I/you/we/they: torch
he/she/it: torches
present participle: torching
past tense: torched
past participle: torched
noun
singular: torch
plural: torches
singular: torch
plural: torches
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