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candle English

Meaning candle meaning

What does candle mean?
Definitions in simple English

candle

A piece of wax with a wick inside that you burn to get light. A unit of how light strength, now replaced by the SI unit candela. a fast growing, light colored, shoot on a pine tree in the spring.

candle

To watch the growth of something growing inside an egg, using a bright light source. To dry pottery before the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.

candle

stick of wax with a wick in the middle the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

Synonyms candle synonyms

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Topics candle topics

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Conjugation candle conjugation

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candle · verb

Examples candle examples

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Simple sentences

Tom blew out the candle.
This candle is not white.
The candle went out.
Put out the candle. The blackout is over.
The candle flickered a few times and then went out.
The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.
Please light a candle.
The candle burned out.
The candle went out by itself.
That wind blew out our last candle.
The baby tried to get at the red candle on the table.
Who in the world lighted the candle?
He blew out the candle.
The candle was blown out by the wind.
I blew the candle out.
He was burning the candle at both ends.
Cecil lit a candle.
In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.
The game is not worth the candle.

Movie subtitles

I have a candle.
Be diligent and wise Tend candle and fire Our clock has struck ten.
Take the candle.
I think maybe I light candle for myself, too.
And the candle?
Why have you burnt a candle?
What were you doing with a candle?
You see, he's burnt a whole candle!
It'll be covered in a checkered tablecloth. and there'll be a candle in an old Chianti bottle.
Candle stuck in the beer bottle isn't the same, is it?
I went to my room to get this candle.
She may be risking her life. but when it comes to being a lady. she doesn't hold a candle to your wife, sir. sitting in Washington. playing bridge with three other ladies of great honour and virtue.
There's a candle and matches on the table near the wall.
I cannot hold a candle to the other fine ladies.
Your marabouts couldn't hold a candle to him.
Young man, you can't burn the candle at both ends.
Well, I was wrong. I thought it was a candle.
Wait till I put the candle down.
There's not even a candle.
I'm going to cook the fish over the candle.
Put the candle under there and we can cook the fish on top.
Will it suit your convenience if I snuff the candle?
You should light a candle for the Good Mother!
Here, take this candle.
Go home quickly, and light the candle.
Lily Langtry couldn't hold a candle to her.
I'll save you a piece of the cake with a candle on it.
Little candle-lit vigil?
I'll take half of the candle and leave half for you.
Look, give me the candle and you fall over the furniture for a while.
Somebody blew out the candle.
That candle moved?
Camille, did you see that candle move?
Never mind the map. Keep your eye on that candle.
That candle can't move.
Are you sure you didn't see that candle move?
Keep your eye on that candle.
Look. keep one eye on that candle. another eye on that one. and with the other eye, watch me.
Light your candle again, Ethan.

News and current affairs

Who is there now who can still light a candle in the dark?
For the first three years of his first-born son William's life, Darwin observed him with the practiced eye of a naturalist, recording developments as diverse as his ability to follow a candle with his eyes to the first manifestations of conscience.
Using one candle for each switched-off bulb cancels out even the theoretical CO2 reduction; using two candles means that you emit more CO2.
Banning the light bulb because candle makers would lose their jobs strikes almost everyone as a silly idea.

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