Torch (2024)

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1. : a burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand : flambeau. 2. : something (such as tradition, wisdom, or knowledge) likened to a torch as giving light or guidance.

Idioms. carry the / a torch for, Slang. to be in love with, especially to suffer from unrequited love for: He still carries a torch for his ex-wife.

a. : a long cut in the ground : ditch. especially : one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front. b. trenches plural : a place, position, or level at which an activity is carried on in a manner likened to trench warfare.

A torch is a stick with combustible material at one end which can be used as a light source or to set something on fire. Torches have been used throughout history, and are still used in processions, symbolic and religious events, and in juggling entertainment.

If you say you carry a torch for someone, you mean you are carrying a flaming love for them in your heart. But usually, you secretly love them from a distance. And often, those strong feelings are not returned. We have a special way to describe this type of heartbreak – unrequited love.

A flashlight (US English) or electric torch (Commonwealth English), usually shortened to torch, is a portable hand-held electric lamp. Formerly, the light source typically was a miniature incandescent light bulb, but these have been displaced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) since the early 2000s.

A flaming torch symbol is often associated with enlightenment, illumination, and the pursuit of knowledge. It can also represent passion, energy, and strength. In ancient times, a flaming torch was used to guide travelers in the dark, symbolizing a beacon of hope and guidance.

The term TORCH complex or TORCHes infection refers to the congenital infections of toxoplasmosis, others(Syphilis, Hepatitis B), rubella, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), and herpes simplex.

torch | American Dictionary

a stick that burns at one end and is held at the other end and is used esp. as a light: Which athlete will carry the Olympic torch into the stadium? fig.

These tests check for several different infections in a newborn. The full form of TORCH is toxoplasmosis, rubella cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, and HIV. However, it can also contain other newborn infections. Sometimes the test is spelled TORCHS, where the extra "S" stands for syphilis.

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Torch means any object consisting of combustible or flammable material that is ignited and produces a flame.

Examples from Collins dictionaries

They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch. The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault. The rioters torched the local library. Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.

We are those clay pots and the torch within is the Holy Spirit.

Why do the British call flashlights “torches”? This term came from the original torches that were essentially a stick with fire at the end. Flashlights were created in America but didn't make their way to England until later. When this concept came to England, they called it an electric torch.

/tɔːrtʃ/ to burn a building or other large thing, intentionally and usually illegally: They smashed a side door to get in and then torched the warehouse when they had taken what they wanted. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to burn down or burn something down.

What does the torch represent? The torch is a symbol of enlightenment (NPS). It is meant to light the way to freedom and guide us toward the path of liberty and justice (Statue of Liberty Meaning: What She Stands For (statueoflibertytour.com)).

torched - Simple English Wiktionary.

'' n1 This is the light of Spirit, God, and of His Christ, the saving Truth. It's a light that doesn't just appear briefly in four-year cycles but that always casts its rays upon the lives of men and women to benefit and better them. n1 Psalms 119:105.

to be in love with someone, especially someone who does not love you in return. carry a torch for somebody. to be in love with someone, especially someone who does not love you in return. put something to the torch (literary) to set fire to something deliberately See torch in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.