Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - torch
Torch
torch
n. & v. --n. 1 (also electric torch) Brit. a portable battery-powered electric lamp. 2 a a piece of wood, cloth, etc., soaked in tallow and lighted for illumination. b any similar lamp, e.g. an oil-lamp on a pole. 3 a source of heat, illumination, or enlightenment (bore aloft the torch of freedom). 4 esp. US a blowlamp. 5 US sl. an arsonist. --v.tr. esp. US sl. set alight with a torch. Phrases and idioms carry a torch for suffer from unrequited love for. put to the torch destroy by burning. torch-fishing catching fish by torchlight at night. torch-race Gk Antiq. a festival performance of runners handing lighted torches to others in relays. torch singer a woman who sings torch songs. torch song a popular song of unrequited love. torch-thistle any tall cactus of the genus Cereus, with funnel-shaped flowers which open at night. Etymology: ME f. OF torche f. L torqua f. torquere twist
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: torture Date: 13th century a burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand ; flambeau, something (as tradition, wisdom, or knowledge) likened to a ~ as giving light or guidance , any of various portable devices for emitting an unusually hot flame, flashlight 2, incendiary 1a, II. transitive verb Date: 1901 to set fire to with or as if with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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