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noun | verb torchtorch1 /tɔrtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYtorch1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French torche bunch of twisted straws, torch, from Vulgar Latin torca 1a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light: the Olympic torch2British a flashlight [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French torche bunch of twisted straws, torch, from Vulgar Latin torca] → see also carry a torch for somebody at carry1 (33), carry the torch of something at carry1 (34), pass the torch to somebody at pass1 (23) noun | verb torchtorch2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtorch |
Present | I, you, we, they | torch | | he, she, it | torches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | torched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have torched | | he, she, it | has torched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had torched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will torch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have torched |
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Present | I | am torching | | he, she, it | is torching | | you, we, they | are torching | Past | I, he, she, it | was torching | | you, we, they | were torching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been torching | | he, she, it | has been torching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been torching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be torching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been torching |
informal to deliberately make a building start to burn |