noun
- plural of torch; portable lights with flames or electric bulbs
- plural of torch; burning sticks used as light sources
verb
- third person singular present of torch; sets fire to something deliberately
Usage: informal
Examples
- The hikers carried torches to light their way through the cave.
- Olympic torches are passed from runner to runner.
- Medieval guards held flaming torches along the castle walls.
- She torches the old documents in the fireplace.
- The protesters carried torches during the nighttime march.
- Electric torches are safer than flame torches indoors.
- He always torches his failed art projects.