What is the meaning of the word "touch"?
Definitions:
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a distinguishing style noun
- this room needs a woman's touch
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a slight attack of illness noun
- I have a touch of rheumatism.
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a slight but appreciable amount noun
- this dish could use a touch of garlic
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a suggestion of some quality noun
- There was a touch of sarcasm in their tone.
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cause to be in brief contact with verb
- I touched my toes to the horse's flanks.
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comprehend verb
- They could not touch the meaning of the poem.
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consume, eat verb
- I didn't touch my food all night.
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deftness in handling matters noun
- I have a master's touch.
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perceive via the tactile sense verb
- Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her
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tamper with verb
- Don't touch my CDs!
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the act of putting two things together with no space between them noun
- The touch of the wires filled the room with light.
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the act of soliciting money as a gift or loan noun
- I watched the beggar trying to make a touch.
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the event of something coming in contact with the body noun
- I longed for the touch of your hand.
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the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) noun
- only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us
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the feel of mechanical action noun
- this piano has a wonderful touch
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the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin noun
- I like the touch of silk on my skin.
Synonyms:
- affect
- allude
- bear on
- bear upon
- come to
- concern
- contact
- cutaneous senses
- disturb
- equal
- extend to
- feeling
- ghost
- have-to doe with
- impact
- make out
- match
- partake
- pertain
- pinch
- reach
- refer
- relate
- rival
- sense
- sense of touch
- signature
- skin senses
- spot
- stir
- tinct
- tinge
- tint
- touch modality
- touch on
- touching
- trace