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Touch

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Noun

1. touch, touching

the event of something coming in contact with the body

Example Sentences:
'he longed for the touch of her hand'
'the cooling touch of the night air'

2. cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch, touch modality

the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

Example Sentences:
'only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us'

3. ghost, touch, trace

a suggestion of some quality

Example Sentences:
'there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone'
'he detected a ghost of a smile on her face'

4. signature, touch

a distinguishing style

Example Sentences:
'this room needs a woman's touch'

5. touch, touching

the act of putting two things together with no space between them

Example Sentences:
'at his touch the room filled with lights'

6. hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch

a slight but appreciable amount

Example Sentences:
'this dish could use a touch of garlic'

7. contact, touch

a communicative interaction

Example Sentences:
'the pilot made contact with the base'
'he got in touch with his colleagues'

8. spot, touch

a slight attack of illness

Example Sentences:
'he has a touch of rheumatism'

9. touch

the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

Example Sentences:
'he watched the beggar trying to make a touch'

10. feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

Example Sentences:
'she likes the touch of silk on her skin'
'the surface had a greasy feeling'

11. touch

deftness in handling matters

Example Sentences:
'he has a master's touch'

12. touch

the feel of mechanical action

Example Sentences:
'this piano has a wonderful touch'

Verb

13. touch

make physical contact with, come in contact with

Example Sentences:
'Touch the stone for good luck'
'She never touched her husband'

14. touch

perceive via the tactile sense

Example Sentences:
'Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her'

15. stir, touch

affect emotionally

Example Sentences:
'A stirring movie'
'I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy'

16. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on

be relevant to

Example Sentences:
'There were lots of questions referring to her talk'
'My remark pertained to your earlier comments'

17. adjoin, contact, meet, touch

be in direct physical contact with; make contact

Example Sentences:
'The two buildings touch'
'Their hands touched'
'The wire must not contact the metal cover'
'The surfaces contact at this point'

18. affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on

have an effect upon

Example Sentences:
'Will the new rules affect me?'

19. touch

deal with; usually used with a form of negation

Example Sentences:
'I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole'
'The local Mafia won't touch gambling'

20. touch

cause to be in brief contact with

Example Sentences:
'He touched his toes to the horse's flanks'

21. extend to, reach, touch

to extend as far as

Example Sentences:
'The sunlight reached the wall'
'Can he reach?'
'The chair must not touch the wall'

22. equal, match, rival, touch

be equal to in quality or ability

Example Sentences:
'Nothing can rival cotton for durability'
'Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues'
'Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents'

23. disturb, touch

tamper with

Example Sentences:
'Don't touch my CDs!'

24. advert, allude, touch

make a more or less disguised reference to

Example Sentences:
'He alluded to the problem but did not mention it'

25. touch

comprehend

Example Sentences:
'He could not touch the meaning of the poem'

26. partake, touch

consume

Example Sentences:
'She didn't touch her food all night'

27. tinct, tinge, tint, touch

color lightly

Example Sentences:
'her greying hair was tinged blond'
'the leaves were tinged red in November'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Touch

see synonyms of touch
noun
1. 
the sense by which the texture and other qualities of objects can be experienced when they come in contact with a part of the body surface, esp the tips of the fingers
▶ Related adjectives: haptic, tactile, tactual
2. 
the quality of an object as perceived by this sense; feel; feeling
3. 
the act or an instance of something coming into contact with the body
4. 
a gentle push, tap, or caress
5. 
a small amount; hint
a touch of sarcasm
6. 
a noticeable effect; influence
the house needed a designer's touch
7. 
any slight stroke or mark
with a touch of his brush he captured the scene
8. 
characteristic manner or style
the artist had a distinctive touch
9. 
a detail of some work, esp a literary or artistic work
she added a few finishing touches to the book
10. 
a slight attack, as of a disease
a touch of bronchitis
11. 
a specific ability or facility
the champion appeared to have lost his touch
12. 
the state of being aware of a situation or in contact with someone
to get in touch with someone
13. 
the state of being in physical contact
14. 
a trial or test (esp in the phrase put to the touch)
15. rugby, soccer
the area outside the touchlines, beyond which the ball is out of play (esp in the phrase in touch)
16. archaic
a. 
an official stamp on metal indicating standard purity
b. 
the die stamp used to apply this mark
. Now usually called: hallmark
17. 
a scoring hit in competitive fencing
18. 
an estimate of the amount of gold in an alloy as obtained by use of a touchstone
19. 
the technique of fingering a keyboard instrument
20. 
the quality of the action of a keyboard instrument with regard to the relative ease with which the keys may be depressed
this piano has a nice touch
21. bell-ringing
any series of changes where the permutations are fewer in number than for a peal
22. slang
a. 
the act of asking for money as a loan or gift, often by devious means
b. 
the money received in this way
c. 
a person asked for money in this way
he was an easy touch
verb
23. (transitive)
to cause or permit a part of the body to come into contact with
24. (transitive)
to tap, feel, or strike, esp with the hand
don't touch the cake!
25. 
to come or cause (something) to come into contact with (something else)
their hands touched briefly
I touched the match to the fuse
26. (intransitive)
to be in contact
27. (tr; usually used with a negative)
to take hold of (a person or thing), esp in violence
don't touch the baby!
28. 
to be adjacent to (each other)
the two properties touch
29. (transitive)
to move or disturb by handling
someone's touched my desk
30. (transitive)
to have an effect on
the war scarcely touched our town
31. (transitive)
to produce an emotional response in
his sad story touched her
32. (transitive)
to affect; concern
33. (tr; usually used with a negative)
to partake of, eat, or drink
34. (tr; usually used with a negative)
to handle or deal with
I wouldn't touch that business
35. (when intr, often foll by on)
to allude (to) briefly or in passing
the speech touched on several subjects
36. (transitive)
to tinge or tint slightly
brown hair touched with gold
37. (transitive)
to spoil or injure slightly
blackfly touched the flowers
38. (transitive)
to mark, as with a brush or pen
39. (transitive)
to compare to in quality or attainment; equal or match
there's no-one to touch him
40. (transitive)
to reach or attain
she touched the high point in his career
41. (intransitive)
to dock or stop briefly
the ship touches at Tenerife
42. (transitive) slang
to ask for a loan or gift of money from
43. rare
a. 
to finger (the keys or strings of an instrument)
b. 
to play (a tune, piece of music, etc) in this way
44.  touch base

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Touch

see synonyms of touch
verb transitive
1. 
to put the hand, the finger, or some other part of the body on, so as to feel; perceive by the sense of feeling
2. 
to bring into contact with something else
to touch a match to kindling, to touch the ceiling with a stick
3.  Obsolete
to lay the hand on (a person with scrofula), as some kings once did, supposedly to effect a cure
4. 
to be or come into contact with
5. 
to border on; adjoin
6. 
to strike lightly
7. 
to be effective on contact; have a physical effect on
usually used in the negative
water won't touch these grease spots
8. 
to injure slightly
frost touched the plants
9. 
to give a light tint, aspect, etc. to
used chiefly in the past participle
clouds touched with pink
10. 
to lay hands on; handle; use
11. 
to handle roughly or molest
12. 
to taste or partake of
usually used in the negative
didn't touch his supper
13. 
to come up to; reach; attain
14. 
to compare with; equal; rival
usually used in the negative
cooking that can't touch hers
15. 
to take or make use of without permission or wrongly; misappropriate
16. 
to deal with or refer to, esp. in a light or passing way; mention
17. 
to have to do with; affect; concern
a subject that touches our welfare
18. 
to arouse an emotion in, esp. one of sympathy, gratitude, etc.
19. 
to hurt the feelings of; pain
touched him to the quick
20.  Slang
to ask for, or get by asking, a loan or gift of money from
21.  Archaic
a. 
to strike the keys of, pluck the strings of, etc. (a musical instrument)
b. 
to play (a few notes, an air, etc.)
22.  Geometry
to be tangent to
verb intransitive
23. 
to touch a person or thing
24. 
to be or come in contact
25. 
to come near to something; verge (on or upon)
26. 
to pertain; bear (on or upon)
27. 
to treat a topic slightly or in passing
with on or upon
28. 
to stop briefly or land (at a port, etc.) during a voyage
29.  Geometry
to be tangent
noun
30. 
a touching or being touched
; specif.,
a. 
a light tap, stroke, etc.
b. 
a delicate stroke made with a brush in painting, etc.
31. 
the sense by which physical objects are felt; tactile sense
32. 
a sensation caused by touching, esp. one that is characteristic of a particular substance or texture; tactile quality; feel
33. 
a mental capacity analogous to the sense of touch; mental or moral sensitivity
she has a nice touch with difficult people
34. 
a special or characteristic quality, skill, or manner
he lost his touch
35. 
an effect of being touched
; specif.,
a. 
a mark, impression, etc. left by touching
b. 
a subtle change or addition in a painting, story, or other work
36. 
a very small amount, degree, etc.
; specif.,
a. 
a trace, tinge, etc.
a touch of humor
b. 
a slight attack
a touch of the flu
37. 
contact or communication
to lose touch with reality, to keep in touch with friends
38.  Slang
a. 
the act of asking for, or getting in this way, a loan or gift of money
to make a touch
b. 
money so gotten
c. 
a person with reference to the ease with which money can be so gotten from him
39.  Music
a. 
the manner in which a performer strikes the keys of a keyboard instrument
a delicate touch
b. 
the manner in which the action of a piano, etc. responds to the fingers
a piano with a heavy touch
c. 
in bell ringing, a set of changes less than a peal
40.  Rugby and Soccer
the part of the field outside the sidelines

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Touch

see synonyms of touch
v. touched, touch·ing, touch·es
v. tr.
1. To cause or permit a part of the body, especially the hand or fingers, to come in contact with so as to feel: reached out and touched the smooth stone.
2.
a. To bring something into light contact with: touched the sore spot with a probe.
b. To bring (one thing) into light contact with something else: grounded the radio by touching a wire to it; touching fire to a fuse.
3. To press or push lightly; tap: touched a control to improve the TV picture; touched 19 on the phone to get room service.
4. To lay hands on in violence: I never touched him!
5. To eat or drink; taste: She didn't touch her food.
6. To disturb or move by handling: Just don't touch anything in my room!
7.
a. To meet without going beyond; adjoin: the ridge where his property touches mine.
b. Mathematics To be tangent to.
c. To come up to; reach: when the thermometer touches 90°.
d. To match in quality; equal: Rival artists can't touch her work at its best.
8. To deal with, especially in passing; treat briefly or allusively: some remarks touching recent events.
9. To have an effect on: environmental problems that touch us all.
10. To affect the emotions of: an appeal that touched us deeply.
11. To injure slightly: plants touched by frost.
12. To color slightly; tinge: a white petal touched with pink.
13.
a. To draw with light strokes.
b. To change or improve by adding fine lines or strokes.
14. To stamp (tested metal).
15. Slang To wheedle a loan or handout from: touched a friend for five dollars.
16.
a. Archaic To strike or pluck the keys or strings of (a musical instrument).
b. To play (a musical piece).
v. intr.
1. To touch someone or something.
2. To be or come into contact: Don't let the live wires touch.
n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of touching.
b. A light push; a tap: an electric switch that requires just a touch.
c. Sports An instance of contacting or propelling the ball or puck: scored on the first touch.
2. The physiological sense by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body.
3. A sensation experienced in touching something with a characteristic texture: felt the touch of snowflakes on her face.
4. A discernible mark or effect left by contact with something.
5. A small change or addition, or the effect achieved by it: Candlelight provided just the right touch.
6. A suggestion, hint, or tinge: a touch of jealousy.
7. A mild attack: a touch of the flu.
8. A small amount; a dash: a touch of paprika.
9.
a. A manner or technique of striking the keys of a keyboard instrument: He played briskly with a light touch.
b. The resistance to pressure characteristic of the keys of a keyboard: an old piano with uneven touch.
10. An ability to propel a ball a desired distance; control or accuracy: a golfer with no touch around the green.
11. A facility; a knack: retained his touch as a carpenter in his retirement.
12. A characteristic way of doing things: recognized my friend's touch in the choice of the card.
13. The state of being in contact or communication: kept in touch with several classmates; out of touch with current trends.
14. An official stamp indicating the quality of a metal product.
15. Slang
a. The act of approaching someone for a loan or handout.
b. A prospect for a loan or handout: a generous person, a soft touch for beggars.
16. Sports
a. The area just outside the sidelines in soccer or just outside and including the sidelines in rugby.
b. Touch football.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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