Candle can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| candle - examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light | ||
Noun |
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| candle - stick of wax with a wick in the middle | ||
| candle - 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 |
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| 1. | noun | The highly coloured lithograph of the Faithful Hero seemed to look dimly, in the light of one candle, at the man with no faith in anything except the truth of his own sensations. | |
| 2. | noun | Put out the candle. The blackout is over. | |
| 3. | noun | The candle has gone out. | |
| 4. | noun | The candle was blown out by the wind. | |
| 5. | noun | The candle went out instead of having been put out. | |
| 6. | noun | The candle went out of itself. | |
| 7. | noun | The candle grew shorter and shorter, until at last it went out. | |
| 8. | noun | Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm. | |
| 9. | noun | The candle flickered a few times and then went out. | |
| 10. | noun | The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze. | |
| 11. | noun | Please light a candle. | |
| 12. | noun | The candle burned out. | |
| 13. | noun | The candle went out by itself. | |
| 14. | noun | When it comes to disco dance, I can't hold a candle to Susan. | |
| 15. | noun | That wind blew out our last candle. |
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| The highly coloured lithograph of the Faithful Hero seemed to look dimly, in the light of one candle, at the man with no faith in anything except the truth of his own sensations. |
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| Put out the candle. The blackout is over. | |
| The candle has gone out. | |
| The candle was blown out by the wind. | |
| The candle went out instead of having been put out. | |
| The candle went out of itself. | |
| The candle grew shorter and shorter, until at last it went out. | |
| Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm. | |
| 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. | |
| When it comes to disco dance, I can't hold a candle to Susan. | |
| That wind blew out our last candle. | |