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top|side /tɒ psa I d/ (topsides )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Topside is a joint of beef that is cut from the upper part of the cow's leg. It is usually cooked by roasting or stewing. [BRIT ] in AM, use top round 2 ADV [ADV after v] On a ship, if you go topside , you go up onto the top deck. [TECHNICAL ] □  He left the control station and went topside.

3 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The topside or topsides of a ship or boat are the top deck or the parts which you can see above the water. [TECHNICAL ]

top|soil /tɒ psɔ I l/ N‑UNCOUNT Topsoil is the layer of soil nearest the surface of the ground.

topsy-turvy /tɒ psi tɜː ^r vi/ ADJ Something that is topsy-turvy is in a confused or disorganized state. [INFORMAL ] □  The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime.

to p-up (top-ups )

1 N‑COUNT A top-up is another serving of a drink in the same glass that you have just used. [BRIT ]

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A top-up loan or payment is added to an amount of money in order to bring it up to a required level. [BRIT ] □  Student grants will be frozen at existing levels and top-up loans made available.

torch /tɔː ^r tʃ/ (torches , torching , torched )

1 N‑COUNT A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand. [BRIT ] in AM, use flashlight 2 N‑COUNT A torch is a long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light or to set things on fire. □  They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.

3 N‑COUNT A torch is a device that produces a hot flame and is used for tasks such as cutting or joining pieces of metal. □  The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault.

4 → see also blowtorch

5 VERB If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately. □ [V n] The rioters torched the local library.

6 PHRASE If you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them. □  He has always carried a torch for Barbara.

7 PHRASE If you say that someone is carrying the torch of a particular belief or movement, you mean that they are working hard to ensure that it is not forgotten and continues to grow stronger. □ [+ for/of ] This group aims to carry the torch for the thousands who died.

torch|light /tɔː ^r tʃla I t/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft by N , N n] If you do something by torchlight , you do it using the light that is produced by a torch or torches. □  Surgeons are performing operations in tents by torchlight.

to rch song (torch songs ) N‑COUNT A torch song is a sentimental popular song about love, usually sung by a woman.

tore /tɔː ^r / Tore is the past tense of tear .

tor|ment (torments , tormenting , tormented ) The noun is pronounced /tɔː ^r ment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː ^r me nt/. 1 N‑UNCOUNT Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. □ [+ of ] The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.

2 N‑COUNT A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. □ [+ of ] Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer.

3 VERB If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering. □ [V n] At times the memories returned to torment her.

4 VERB If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement. □ [V n] My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.

tor|men|tor /tɔː ^r me ntə ^r / (tormentors ) N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] Someone's tormentor is a person who deliberately causes them physical or mental pain. □  …cases where women subjected to years of brutality lose control and kill their tormentors.

torn /tɔː ^r n/

1Torn is the past participle of tear .