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torch  (tôrch)

n.

1.

a. A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.

b. Chiefly British A flashlight.

2. Something that serves to illuminate, enlighten, or guide.

3. Slang An arsonist.

4. A portable apparatus that produces a very hot flame by the combustion of gases, used in welding and construction.

tr.v. torched, torch·ing, torch·es Slang

To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.

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[Middle English torche, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *torca, alteration of Latin torqua, variant of torqus, torque, from Latin torqure, to twist; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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torch [tɔːtʃ]

n

1. (Electronics) a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries US and Canadian word flashlight

2. a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight

3. anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc. the torch of evangelism

4. (Engineering / Tools) any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering

carry a torch for to be in love with, esp unrequitedly

put to the torch to set fire to; burn down the looted monastery was put to the torch

vb

(tr) Slang to set fire to, esp deliberately as an act of arson

[from Old French torche handful of twisted straw, from Vulgar Latin torca (unattested), from Latin torquēre to twist]

torchlike  adj

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• funeral - Once was a torchlight procession, from Latin funis, "torch"—because funerals of the Romans took place at night by torchlight.
• kindle - The verb is related to Old Norse kyndill, "candle, torch."
• Drummond light - A torch that burns calcium oxide (lime) and gives off intense white light, it was named for Scottish engineer Capt. Thomas Drummond, R.E. (1797-1840), who invented it around 1825.
• torch - From Latin torquere, it first referred to tarred twists of frayed rope.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	torch - a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance flambeau - a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) light source, light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
	2.	torch - tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant - any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
	3.	torch - a small portable battery-powered electric lamp flashlight electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity flashlight battery - a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights penlight - a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
	4.	torch - a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame blowlamp, blowtorch burner - an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner" oxyacetylene torch - a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene
Verb	1.	torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns" burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

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torch

noun

1. flashlight, light, lamp, beacon She shone a torch over the terrified faces.

2. firebrand, brand, taper, flaming stick They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.

verb set fire to, burn, ignite, set on fire, kindle, set alight, incinerate, destroy by fire, set light to, reduce to ashes, put a match to The rioters torched the local library.

Translations

torch [tɔːtʃ]

A. N

1. (flaming) → antorcha f, tea f
to carry the torch of democracy/progress (fig) → mantener viva la llama de la democracia/del progreso
to carry a torch for sb → estar enamorado de algn

2. (Brit) (electric) → linterna f

3. (Tech) (also blow torch) → soplete m

B. VT (= set fire to) [+ building, vehicle] → prender fuego a, incendiar

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torch [ˈtɔː^rtʃ] n

(British) (electric) → lampe f de poche

(= flame) → torche f
like a torch → comme une torche
The house went up like a torch → La maison s'est embrasée comme une torche.
a human torch → une torche vivante
to carry a torch for sb (fig) → en pincer pour qn

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n (lit, fig) → Fackel f; (Brit: = flashlight) → Taschenlampe f; (= blowlamp) → Schweißbrenner m; the torch of learning → die Fackel der Wissenschaft; to carry a torch for somebody → nach jdm schmachten; to carry the torch of or for something → ein eifriger Verfechter einer Sache (gen) → sein

vt (= to set fire to) → anstecken, anzünden

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torch [tɔːtʃ] n (Brit) (electric) → torcia elettrica, lampadina tascabile; (flaming) → torcia, fiaccola
to carry a torch for sb (fig) → essere innamorato/a cotto/a di qn

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n torch [toːtʃ]

1 (Americanˈflashlight) a small portable light worked by an electric battery He shone his torch into her face. flitslig قِنْديل фенерче baterka lommelygte die Taschenlampe φακός linterna taskulamp چراغ قوه taskulamppu lampe de poche פַּנָס टॉर्च baterijska svjetiljka, džepna lampa zseblámpa senter vasaljós torcia 懐中電灯 회중 전등 žibintuvėlis (kabatas) lukturītis lampu suluh zaklantaarn lommelykt latarka pilha lanternă карманный фонарик baterka žepna svetilka baterijska lampa ficklampa ไฟฉาย el feneri 手電筒 кишеньковий ліхтарик ٹارچ، بيٹري đèn pin 手电筒

2 a piece of wood etc set on fire and carried as a light. fakkel شُعْلَه факел pochodeň fakkel die Fackel δάδα, πυρσός antorcha tõrvik مشعل soihtu flambeau לַפִּיד मशाल baklja fáklya obor kyndill fiaccola たいまつ 횃불 fakelas, deglas lāpa obor torts fakkel pochodnia archote torţă факел pochodeň, fakľa bakla baklja fackla คบไฟ meşale 火把 смолоскип, факел مشعل، فليتہ ngọn đuốc 火把

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torch → كشاف كهربائي baterka fakkel Taschenlampe φακός linterna taskulamppu torche baterijska svjetiljka torcia 懐中電灯 손전등 zaklamp lommelykt pochodnia lanterna de mão факел ficklampa ไฟฉาย el feneri đèn pin 手电筒