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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

torch up

torch up · torches up · torched up · torching up

To light on fireTo light (something) on fire.

Meaning

2 senses

(literally, transitive)To light (something) on fire.
He torched up her cigarette.
(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

torches up, torching up, torched up, torched up

Base form	torch up · to torch up
3rd person singular	torches up
Present participle	torching up
Past simple	torched up
Past participle	torched up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	torch up
he, she, it	torches up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

torched up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have torched up
he, she, it	has torched up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will torch up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

tops tor torchB2 tormentC1 tormentor tornadoB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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