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can·dle
(kăn′dl)n.
1.
a. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
b. Something resembling this object in shape or use.
2. Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition, later in terms of a carbon-filament lamp, and superseded by the candela. Also called international candle.
tr.v. can·dled, can·dling, can·dles
To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.
[Middle English candel, from Old English and from Anglo-Norman candele, both from Latin candēla, from candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.]
can′dler n.
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candle
(ˈkændəl)n
1. a cylindrical piece of wax, tallow, or other fatty substance surrounding a wick, which is burned to produce light
2. (Units) physics
a. See international candle
b. another name for candela
3. burn the candle at both ends to exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work
4. not hold a candle to informal to be inferior or contemptible in comparison with: your dog doesn't hold a candle to mine.
5. not worth the candle informal not worth the price or trouble entailed (esp in the phrase the game's not worth the candle)
vb
(Agriculture) (tr) to examine (eggs) for freshness or the likelihood of being hatched by viewing them against a bright light
[Old English candel, from Latin candēla, from candēre to be white, glitter]
ˈcandler n
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can•dle
(ˈkæn dl)n., v. -dled, -dling. n.
1. a long, usu. slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
2. something resembling this in appearance or use.
3. any of various former international standard units of luminous intensity. Abbr.: c., c Compare candela.
v.t. 4. to examine (eggs) for freshness, fertility, etc., by holding them up to a bright light.
Idioms: 1. hold a candle to, to compare favorably with (usu. in the negative).
2. worth the candle, worth the effort involved (usu. in the negative).
[before 900; Middle English, Old English candel < Latin candēla, derivative of candēre to shine]
can′dler, n.
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candle
Past participle: candled
Gerund: candling
| Imperative |
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| candle |
| candle |
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| Noun | 1. |  candle - stick of wax with a wick in the middlecandlewick - the wick of a candle chandlery - candles and other commodities sold by a chandler dip - a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow lamp - an artificial source of visible illumination rush candle, rushlight - a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick vigil candle, vigil light - a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church |
| 2. | 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 candlepower unit, luminous intensity unit - a measure of luminous intensity | |
| Verb | 1. | candle - examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light |
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Translations
شَمْعَةشَمْعَه
свещ
svíčkasvíce
lysstearinlys
شمع
kynttilä
svijeća
gyertya
lilin
kerti
ろうそく
양초
candela
žvakėžvakės/žvakių šviesažvakidė
svece
sveča
stearinljus
เทียน
nến
candle
[ˈkændl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
candle
[ˈkændəl] n (wax) → bougie f; (tallow) → chandelle f; (in church) → cierge mto burn the candle at both ends → brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
he can't hold a candle to you → il ne vous arrive pas à la cheville
the game is not worth the candle (old-fashioned) → le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandellecandle holder candle-holder n → porte-bougie m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
candle
n → Kerze f; to burn the candle at both ends → mit seinen Kräften Raubbau treiben; he can’t hold a candle to his brother → er kann seinem Bruder nicht das Wasser reichen; the game is not worth the candle → das ist nicht der Mühe wert
candle
in cpds → Kerzen-;candle end
n → Kerzenstummel m
candle grease
n → Kerzenwachs nt
candlelight
n → Kerzenlicht nt, → Kerzenschein m; by candle → im Kerzenschein, bei Kerzenlicht; a candle dinner → ein Candlelight-Dinner nt, → ein Essen nt → bei Kerzenlicht
candle
:candlepower
n (old Elec) → Lichtstärke f
candlestick
n → Kerzenhalter m
candlewick
n
→ Kerzendocht m
(Tex) → Frottierplüschmuster nt
attr bedspread → im Frottierplüschmuster
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
candle
(ˈkӕndl) noun a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light. We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.
ˈcandle-light noun the light from a candle. We had dinner by candle-light.
ˈcandlestick noun a holder for a candle.
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candle
→ شَمْعَة svíčka stearinlys Kerze κερί vela kynttilä bougie svijeća candela ろうそく 양초 kaars stearinlys świeca vela свеча stearinljus เทียน mum nến 蜡烛Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009