candle
noun
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
candled
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past participleof candle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof candle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
candlenouna long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
Example Sentences
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Unlike with most poultry, the eggs cannot be candled to check on the embryo growing inside for the 52 days between laying and hatching.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
Early on, she candled eggs for a poultry farm while he played “frisbee on the green.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
Sample eggs are then candled to determine whether the agent is properly infecting the embryos.
From Time Magazine Archive
If an egghead is candled, what shows up?
From Time Magazine Archive
You figure on gettin' me candled by some head shrinker, eh?
From Gun for Hire by H. R. van Dongen
