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# torrid

«torrid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very hot and dry: a torrid summer, torrid desert** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (torrid)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very hot and dry: a torrid summer, torrid desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#m1)

2) Full of strong, difficult feelings or troubles: a torrid time means a very hard time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A weather and geography word: the old name «torrid zone» meant the hot lands between the tropics. In news and sport: «The team had a torrid afternoon» means they had a terrible time. Writers also use it for passionate love stories, a grown-up sense.

### examples

- The explorers crossed the torrid desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#x1)
- It was a torrid summer with no rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#x2)
- Old maps call the hot lands near the equator the torrid zone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#x3)
- The goalkeeper had a torrid afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#x4)
- The camels plodded on in the torrid heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#x5)
- We had a torrid time moving house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/#x6)

### note

Adjective, a little formal. In sport and news (UK) «a torrid time» = a very bad time. Do not confuse with «horrid» or «torrent» (a rushing stream).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «torrid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.