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torch up

torch up verb: to light (something) on fire.

Verb

torch up (third-person singular simple present torches up, present participle torching up, simple past and past participle torched up)

  1. (literally, transitive) To light (something) on fire.
    • He torched up her cigarette.
  2. (transitive) To prepare (something) by scorching it.
    • They torched up a creme brulee for Table 3.
    • You have to torch up the knife blade to dab this hash oil.

Forms of torch up

third-person singular presenttorches up
present participletorching up
past participletorched up
pasttorched up

Questions about torch up

What does torch up mean?
Torch up means to light (something) on fire.
What part of speech is torch up?
Torch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of torch up?
The past tense of torch up is torched up.

Words near torch up in the dictionary

  1. torch singer
  2. torch singers
  3. torch song
  4. torch songs
  5. TORCH syndrome
  6. torch up
  7. torch-lighted
  8. torch-lit
  9. torchable
  10. torchbearer
  11. torchbearers

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