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Meaning
Verb
●
In Touch:
Primarily physical senses.
To make physical
contact
with; to
bring
the
hand
,
finger
or other part of the body into
contact
with.
To
come into
(involuntary)
contact
with; to
meet
or intersect.
To
come into
physical
contact
, or to be in physical
contact
.
To make physical
contact
with a thing.
To
physically
disturb
; to
interfere
with,
molest
, or
attempt
to
harm
through contact.
To make
intimate
physical
contact
with a person.
To
sexually
excite
with the
fingers
; to
finger
or masturbate.
To cause to be
briefly
in
contact
with something.
To
physically
affect
in specific ways
implied
by context.
To
consume
, or otherwise use.
Of a
ship
or its
passengers
: to
land
, to make a
short stop
(at).
To
lay hands on
(someone
suffering
from
scrofula
) as a form of
cure
, as formerly
practised
by English and French monarchs.
To
fasten
; to
take effect
; to make impression.
●
In Nautical & Touch:
Primarily physical senses.
To
bring
(a
sail
) so
close to the wind
that its
weather
leech
shakes.
To be
brought
, as a
sail
, so
close to the wind
that its
weather
leech
shakes.
To keep the
ship
as
near
(the
wind
) as possible.
●
In Touch:
Primarily non-physical senses.
To
imbue
or
endow
with a specific quality.
To
deal with
in
speech
or
writing
; to
mention
briefly
, to
allude
to.
To
deal with
in
speech
or
writing
;
briefly
to
speak
or
write
(on or upon something).
To
concern
, to have to do with.
To
affect
emotionally
; to
bring about
tender
or
painful
feelings
in.
To
affect
in
a negative
way, especially only slightly.
To give
royal assent
to by
touching
it with the sceptre.
To
obtain
money from, usually by
borrowing
(from a friend).
To
disturb
the
mental
functions
of; to make somewhat
insane
; often
followed
with "in the head".
To be
on the level
of; to approach in
excellence
or quality.
To come
close to
; to approach.
●
In Computing & Touch:
Primarily non-physical senses.
To
mark
(a
file
or
document
) as having been modified.
●
To
try
; to
prove
,
as with
a touchstone.
●
To
mark
or
delineate
with
touches
; to
add
a
slight
stroke
to with the
pencil
or brush.
●
To
infect
; to
affect
slightly.
●
To
strike
; to
manipulate
; to
play
on.
●
To
perform
, as a
tune
; to play.
●
To influence by
impulse
; to
impel
forcibly.
Noun
●
An
act
of
touching
, especially with the
hand
or finger.
●
In Touch:
The
faculty
or
sense
of
perception
by physical contact.
●
The
style
or
technique
with
which one
plays
a
musical
instrument.
●
In Music:
The particular or
characteristic
mode
of
action
, or the
resistance
of the
keys
of an
instrument
to the fingers.
●
A
distinguishing
feature
or characteristic.
●
A little
bit
; a small amount.
●
The part of a
sports field
beyond the
touchlines
or goal-lines.
●
A relationship of
close
communication or understanding.
●
The ability to
perform
a
task
well; aptitude.
●
Act or power of
exciting
emotion.
●
An
emotion
or affection.
●
Personal
reference
or application.
●
A
single
stroke
on a
drawing
or a picture.
●
A
brief
essay.
●
A
touchstone
; hence,
stone
of the
sort
used for
touchstone
.
●
Examination or
trial
by some
decisive
standard
; test;
proof
;
tried
quality.
●
The
broadest
part of a
plank
worked
top and but
, or of one
worked
anchor-stock
fashion
(that is,
tapered
from the
middle
to both
ends
); also, the
angles
of the
stern
timbers
at the counters.
●
The children's
game
of tag.
●
A set of changes
less than
the total possible on
seven bells
, i.e.
less than
5,040.
●
An
act
of
borrowing
or
stealing
something; a
request
for money.
●
The
extent
to which a person is
interested
or
affected
; the amount of
outlay
on something.
●
In British English:
Tallow.
●
Form;
standard
of performance.
●
In Australian rules football:
A
disposal
of the
ball
during
a game
, i.e. a
kick
or a handball.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
touch
English
touchen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Bite
Catch
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Scratch
Play
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Connect
Hug
Gesture
Hit
Place
Grip
Wash
Cross
Grab
Rub
Tap
Smell
Caress
Enter
Sight
Finish
Taste
Leave
Shake
Slap
Feel
Pass
Look
Sensation
Finger
Strike
Tactile
Lift
Push
Feeling
Pull
Style
Sense
Control
Hand
Smother
Massage
Phone
Camera
Screen
Grasp
Tone
Sound
Display
Sync
Color
Scent
Keyboard
Kill
Notice
Pick Up
More
Rhymes
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Such
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Dutch
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Thrutch
Retouch
Inasmuch
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