Meaning of "torch" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TORCH

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

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TORCH

torch  [tɔːtʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORCH

Torch is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb torch in English.

WHAT DOES TORCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Torch

A torch is either a wooden or metal rod wrapped at one end with a material that has been impregnated with a flammable substance and ignited. It also means, in British English, a battery powered portable light source: compare flashlight. Flaming torches have been used through history and currently for various purposes including use in processions, symbolic or religious events and in juggling entertainment.

Definition of torch in the English dictionary

The first definition of torch in the dictionary is a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries US and Canadian word: flashlight. Other definition of torch is a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight. Torch is also anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TORCH

PRESENT

Present

I torch

you torch

he/she/it torches

we torch

you torch

they torch

Present continuous

I am torching

you are torching

he/she/it is torching

we are torching

you are torching

they are torching

Present perfect

I have torched

you have torched

he/she/it has torched

we have torched

you have torched

they have torched

Present perfect continuous

I have been torching

you have been torching

he/she/it has been torching

we have been torching

you have been torching

they have been torching

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I torched

you torched

he/she/it torched

we torched

you torched

they torched

Past continuous

I was torching

you were torching

he/she/it was torching

we were torching

you were torching

they were torching

Past perfect

I had torched

you had torched

he/she/it had torched

we had torched

you had torched

they had torched

Past perfect continuous

I had been torching

you had been torching

he/she/it had been torching

we had been torching

you had been torching

they had been torching

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will torch

you will torch

he/she/it will torch

we will torch

you will torch

they will torch

Future continuous

I will be torching

you will be torching

he/she/it will be torching

we will be torching

you will be torching

they will be torching

Future perfect

I will have torched

you will have torched

he/she/it will have torched

we will have torched

you will have torched

they will have torched

Future perfect continuous

I will have been torching

you will have been torching

he/she/it will have been torching

we will have been torching

you will have been torching

they will have been torching

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would torch

you would torch

he/she/it would torch

we would torch

you would torch

they would torch

Conditional continuous

I would be torching

you would be torching

he/she/it would be torching

we would be torching

you would be torching

they would be torching

Conditional perfect

I would have torch

you would have torch

he/she/it would have torch

we would have torch

you would have torch

they would have torch

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been torching

you would have been torching

he/she/it would have been torching

we would have been torching

you would have been torching

they would have been torching

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you torch
we let´s torch
you torch

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to torch

Past participle

torched

Present Participle

torching

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TORCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «torch» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of torch

beacon · brand · burn · firebrand · flashlight · ignite · incinerate · kindle · lamp · light · set fire to · taper

TRANSLATION OF TORCH

Find out the translation of torch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of torch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «torch» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 手电筒
• Translator English - Spanish: linterna
• English: torch
• Translator English - Hindi: मशाल
• Translator English - Arabic: كَشَّافٌ كَهْرَبائِيّ
• Translator English - Russian: факел
• Translator English - Portuguese: lanterna de mão
• Translator English - Bengali: মশাল
• Translator English - French: torche
• Translator English - Malay: Obor
• Translator English - German: Taschenlampe
• Translator English - Japanese: 懐中電灯
• Translator English - Korean: 손전등
• Translator English - Javanese: Obor
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đèn pin
• Translator English - Tamil: ஜோதி
• Translator English - Marathi: मशाल
• Translator English - Turkish: meşale
• Translator English - Italian: torcia
• Translator English - Polish: pochodnia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ліхтарик
• Translator English - Romanian: lanternă
• Translator English - Greek: φακός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: fakkel
• Translator English - Swedish: ficklampa
• Translator English - Norwegian: lommelykt

10 QUOTES WITH «TORCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word torch.

1

Karel Capek

You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.

2

Jack Dee

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.

3

Seamus Dever

If you can't imagine female torch singers and Skrillex-style demon techno onstage at the same moment, you don't know Eurovision.

4

Oriana Fallaci

I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I never considered them Pietro Miccas who torch the powder and go up with the citadel in order to block the arrival of the enemy troops at Torino. I never considered them soldiers.

5

James A. Forbes

The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.

6

Willie Geist

My dad is so unique in what he does. It's not like I'm taking a torch from him and doing his thing. I hope I've carried from him a little bit of a sense of irony, a little bit of a wink.

7

William Hamilton

Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines.

8

Stephen Hawking

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

9

Claude Adrien Helvetius

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

10

Adolf Hitler

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORCH»

Discover the use of torch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to torch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Torch

Strayed's intimate portraits of these fully human characters in a time of crisis show the varying truths of grief, forgiveness, and the beautiful terrors of learning how to keep living. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Cheryl Strayed, 2012

Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry: A Workshop in Painting with Fire

Find out how easy it is to create unique and colorful enamel pieces in this innovative, comprehensive guide to the world of torch-fired enameling.

Barbara Lewis, 2011

Torch

While investigating a series of arsons, journalist Jillian Ross is shocked to learn that the serial killer responsible for the fires has become obsessed with her. Original.

Deanie Francis Mills, 1999

Torch Singing: Performing Resistance and Desire from Billie ...

With an ethnographer's eye, Stacy Holman Jones provides a cultural critique of torch singing describing the genre as a rich drama of passiveness, deception, desire, and resistance."

Stacy Linn Holman Jones, 2007

Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the ...

The evidence marshaled in this important book reaffirms the American ideal of upward mobility through education.

Paul Attewell, David Lavin, 2007

Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and ...

The book also includes a military history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which provoked the boycott, and an examination of the boycott's impact four years later at the Los Angeles Olympics, where the Soviet Union retaliated with its ...

Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, 2011

Torch

When a young homeless girl dies in the latest of a string of arson attacks, Dr. Rhona Macleod is called in.

Lin Anderson, 2007

Torch Song Tango Choir

Paegle takes us through the tumult of displacement and migration with a strong sense for the folk songs and tango music of her youth. What emerges from this diverse collection is a sensual and allusive space where music and memory coincide.

Julie Sophia Paegle, 2010

Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition

Author Larry David Smith, as in his Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American Song, considers the complicated intersection of biography, creative philosophy, artistic imperative, and stylistic tendencies in the work of both Joni Mitchell ...

Larry David Smith, 2004

Carrying the Torch: Stories

The stories in this collection occupy a world at once as familiar as a suburban backyard or a southern college's hallowed football field and as strange as a man who buys Savannah, Georgia, and tries to turn it into the perfect Southern city ...

Brock Clarke, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term torch is used in the context of the following news items.

Bruce Jenner's Olympic Torch sells for $24000 at Chicago auction

The 1984 Summer Olympic Torch that Bruce Jenner carried through Lake Tahoe, Nev., has sold for just under $24,000 at auction. The torch is the first major ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»

Caitlyn Jenner's Olympic Torch Headed to Auction

The 1984 Olympic torch Caitlyn Jenner carried through Lake Tahoe, Nevada en route to the summer games in Los Angeles will head to auction where it could ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»

Rio 2016 announces first 83 cities of Olympic Torch Relay route

The Rio 2016 Organising Committee has announced the first 83 cities that will experience the excitement of the Olympic Torch Relay ahead of next year's ... «Olympic, Jul 15»

Special Olympics torch coming to Denver in 7-day Colorado tour

Allan Cole, 54, an athlete from Johnson City, Tenn., carries the Special Olympics World Games Torch and gets a kiss from his sister, Angela Carr, on the First ... «The Denver Post, Jun 15»

Special Olympics torch relay heading through Michigan

LANSING — A nationwide Special Olympics torch relay is making its way through Michigan. Lt. Gov. Brian Calley plans to carry the Special Olympics Flame of ... «Detroit Free Press, Jun 15»

New Fantastic Four Footage Gives Us Red-Hot Look At The Human …

This footage, courtesy of a MovieTickets promo, places an emphasis on Michael B. Jordan's take on The Human Torch – meaning that we finally get a full glance ... «Cinema Blend, May 15»

Fire rips through Torch skyscraper in Dubai

A fire has swept through the Torch skyscraper in Dubai, one of the tallest residential buildings in the world. Strong winds helped the blaze to spread across the ... «BBC News, Feb 15»

Sochi spacewalk: Olympic torch ventures out from ISS for first time

Russian cosmonauts have taken the Olympic torch for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games out for its first-ever spacewalk on Saturday. The “cosmic” torch will be the ... «RT, Nov 13»

Cosmonauts to Spacewalk with Olympic Torch Today: How to Watch …

For the first time in history, an Olympic torch will be taken into the vacuum of space during a spacewalk and you can watch it live online. Russian cosmonauts ... «Space.com, Nov 13»

Russia's Olympic torch flames out, again

But then on Monday, a second torch flickered out, threatening national embarrassment. A torchbearer taking part in the Olympic relay through Moscow on ... «Washington Post, Oct 13»