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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hold a candle for en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To feel romantic attraction for.
    • Now, I hold no candle for the train operators, and I think that in the main they have been far too craven about any government proposals. But in this instance, they have been badly traduced, led up the hill, and then chucked back down it. 2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 47:
    • Despite Dawson now having the starring role, she still held a candle for her celebrity crush. 2014, Rachael Johns, Tease Me, Cowboy:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
held a candle for Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held a candle for Tense=Past lexicographic
holding a candle for Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
holds a candle for Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

hold a candle

Synonyms

hold a torch for