hold a torch for in English

Forms: holds a torch for [present, singular, third-person], holding a torch for [participle, present], held a torch for [participle, past], held a torch for [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> a torch for}} hold a torch for (third-person singular simple present holds a torch for, present participle holding a torch for, simple past and past participle held a torch for)

Inflected forms

[Show JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> a torch for"
      },
      "expansion": "hold a torch for (third-person singular simple present holds a torch for, present participle holding a torch for, simple past and past participle held a torch for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "carry a torch for"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of carry a torch for"
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_a_torch_for-en-verb-QrnIej0P",
      "links": [
        [
          "carry a torch for",
          "carry a torch for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold a torch for"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held a torch for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> a torch for"
      },
      "expansion": "hold a torch for (third-person singular simple present holds a torch for, present participle holding a torch for, simple past and past participle held a torch for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "carry a torch for"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of carry a torch for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carry a torch for",
          "carry a torch for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold a torch for"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"hold a torch for" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms