Main entry: contact
Definition: close interaction
Usage: they kept in daily contact; they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings
Main entry: physical contact, contact
Definition: the act of touching physically
Usage: her fingers came in contact with the light switch
Definition: (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
Usage: they forget to solder the contacts
Main entry: contact, contact lens
Definition: a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Main entry: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
Definition: a channel for communication between groups
Usage: he provided a liaison with the guerrillas
Definition: a communicative interaction
Usage: the pilot made contact with the base; he got in touch with his colleagues
Main entry: impinging, striking, contact
Definition: the physical coming together of two or more things
Usage: contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Main entry: middleman, contact
Definition: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Usage: he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
Main entry: contact
Definition: the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
Usage: litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid
Main entry: reach, contact, get hold of, get through
Definition: be in or establish communication with
Usage: Our advertisements reach millions; He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Main entry: touch, adjoin, contact, meet
Definition: be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Usage: The two buildings touch; Their hands touched; The wire must not contact the metal cover; The surfaces contact at this point