torch

Etymology
From, from , from , from , variant of , from.

Noun

 * 1) A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
 * 2) * 1984 June–July, Frances A. Harmon, The Olympic Games - For Good and All, Ebony Jr, page 18,
 * Eleven days before the start of the Games, a flaming torch is ignited by the sun in Olympia at the ruins of the ancient Temple of Zeus.
 * 1) * 2008 April 22-28, Outlook, page 48,
 * The degradation of the torch worldwide— it had to be snuffed out more than once to protect it from protesters—even provoked angry Chinese students to mobilise “150 strong and energetic runners” to defend it in Australia, raising the spectre of violence.
 * 1)  A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
 * 2)  An arsonist.
 * 3) A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
 * 4)  A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
 * 1)  An arsonist.
 * 2) A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
 * 3)  A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
 * 1)  An arsonist.
 * 2) A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
 * 3)  A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
 * 1) A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
 * 2)  A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
 * 1) A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
 * 2)  A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
 * 1)  A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

Translations

 * Aklanon: sueo'
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَشْعَل, شُعْلَة
 * Aragonese: tieda
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: antorcha
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: lastargi, zuzi
 * Belarusian: пахо́дня, фа́кел
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, фа́кла
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan: teia,
 * Cebuano: sulo
 * Chakma:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 火把, 火炬
 * Hokkien: 火炬
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: torĉo
 * Estonian:
 * Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌂𐌄
 * Fijian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჩირაღდანი, მაშხალა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰, 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: λαμπάς, πανός, ἑλένη
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, टॉर्च
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: torcha
 * Irish: tóirse, trilseán, lóchrann, breo,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: алау, факел
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: چۆڵەچِرا, شاپِڵیتە,
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ທວນ, ທວນໄຟ, ກະບອງ
 * Latin:, taeda, facula
 * Latvian: lāpa
 * Lithuanian: deglas
 * Luxembourgish: Fakel
 * Macedonian: факел, факла
 * Malay: ,
 * Maori: kāpara, ngāpara, tōroherohe
 * Minangkabau:
 * Mon:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠮᠪᠠᠷ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fakkel
 * Nuosu:
 * Old East Slavic: свѣтꙑчь
 * Old English: blase, speld
 * Pashto: مشعل
 * Persian:, , هموخ
 * Plautdietsch: Fachel, Fiastock
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lòchran, toirds
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба̏кља, бу̀ктиња
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: fakľa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mwenge
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: sulô
 * Tajik: машъал, машъала, сироҷ
 * Tarifit: asfeḍ
 * Tatar: факел
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: fakel
 * Ukrainian: смолоски́п, фа́кел
 * Urdu: مَشْعَل, ٹارْچ
 * Uyghur: مەشئەل
 * Uzbek:, , fakel
 * Vietnamese:, ngọn đuốc
 * Welsh: ffagl,, pentewyn
 * Yiddish: שטורקאַץ
 * Zhuang:

Verb

 * 1) To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
 * 2)  To burn.
 * The flames torched up twenty feet in the air.
 * 1)  To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
 * 2)  To insult (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to release damaging claims about (someone or something).
 * That influencer torched the company's PR department.
 * That influencer torched the company's PR department.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , ablaze

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: odlamaq, od vurmaq,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: podpálit
 * Finnish:, sytyttää tuleen
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: polttaa
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tända eld på, sätta eld

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) torque tightly braided collar
 * 2) coil, ring, wreath