torch
torch (tôrc̸h)
noun
- a portable light consisting of a long piece of resinous wood, or twisted tow dipped in tallow, etc., flaming at one end; link; flambeau
- anything considered as a source of enlightenment, illumination, inspiration, etc. the torch of science
- any of various portable devices for producing a very hot flame, used in welding, burning off paint, etc.
- Brit. a flashlight
Etymology: ME < OFr torche < VL *torca, twisted object, for L torqua < torquere, to twist: see torsion
transitive verb
☆ Informal to set fire to, as in arson
carry a torch for
or carry the torch for☆to be in love with (someone), esp. without having one's love returned
torch
n.
carry a torch for*
Converse of object
- shine: By shining the flashlight on his bedroom floor Jamie opened up a link with a very strange new world.
- blaze: Suddenly a smoking firepot and a blazing flashlight passed between the halves of the dead animals.
- weld: The design of the welding flashlight is critical to the process.
- flicker: With the appearance of Jon Spencer on the Monday, Sunday was calling for a holder of the flickering pop flashlight.
- carry: Here, there are many secret doors which may be found in the blank walls which carry torches.
- extinguish: The standing child is weeping and holding in his right hand the symbol of an extinguished flashlight.
Adjective modifier
- flaming: Two flaming torches located in the middle of the bar lead through to a large area with plenty of low level seating available.
- lighted: Apparently, one of the events in the Ancient Greek Olympics involved running with a lighted flashlight.
- led: Anything from a small simple LED flashlight to a giant digital clock!
- Olympic: Figure 2 shows an upside-down Eiffel Tower resembling the Olympic flashlight for the Paris bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.
- rechargeable: Group 3 did surface with an impressive haul of sunken treasure tho, including lead shots, a weight belt and a rechargeable flashlight.
Modifies a noun
- bearer: Sir John has been a flashlight bearer for the social conscience in science.
- relay: London Mayor Ken Livingstone said the flashlight relay would allow London to share in the spirit of the Olympics.
- beam: A radar signal is conical in shape, much like a flashlight beam.
Noun used with modifier
- acetylene: You can jump between pickup and police car and there is a giant acetylene flashlight to set your opponents on fire!
- oxyacetylene: The escape plan succeeds, but a series of murders with an oxyacetylene flashlight ensue.
- oxy-acetylene: The engine has been stripped down and the firebox crown cut out with an oxy-acetylene flashlight.
- blow: Lighter: More like a blow flashlight than a lighter.
- led: An excellent quality LED flashlight described as " An engineering marvel of performance and durability - small powerful and portable.
- burning: Let him come also with a burning flashlight, to send away the most odious of all gods.
It is almost impossible to bear the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing someone's beard.
Wer in Europa die Brandfackel des Krieges erhebt, kann nur das Chaos wu« n schen. Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.
Man is a torch borne in the wind; a dream But of a shadow, summed with all his substance.
I am imbued with two deep impressions; the first, that science knows no country; the second, which seems to contradict the first, although it is really a direct consequence of itthat science is the highest personification of the nation. Science knows no country because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined bya hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall payany price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.
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