Definition: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
Usage: at his touch the room filled with lights
Definition: a distinguishing style
Usage: this room needs a woman's touch
Main entry: touch
Definition: the feel of mechanical action
Usage: this piano has a wonderful touch
Main entry: touch
Definition: deftness in handling matters
Usage: he has a master's touch
Main entry: skin senses, sense of touch, touch, touch modality, cutaneous senses
Definition: the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
Usage: only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us
Main entry: feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation
Definition: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
Usage: she likes the touch of silk on her skin; the surface had a greasy feeling
Main entry: ghost, touch, trace
Definition: a suggestion of some quality
Usage: there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone; he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
Main entry: touch
Definition: the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
Usage: he watched the beggar trying to make a touch
Definition: a communicative interaction
Usage: the pilot made contact with the base; he got in touch with his colleagues
Definition: the event of something coming in contact with the body
Usage: he longed for the touch of her hand; the cooling touch of the night air
Main entry: soupcon, speck, tinge, touch, hint, mite, jot, pinch
Definition: a slight but appreciable amount
Usage: this dish could use a touch of garlic
Definition: a slight attack of illness
Usage: he has a touch of rheumatism
Main entry: touch, touch on, impact, affect, bear on, bear upon
Definition: have an effect upon
Usage: Will the new rules affect me?
Main entry: tinct, tinge, tint, touch
Definition: color lightly
Usage: her greying hair was tinged blond; the leaves were tinged red in November
Main entry: touch
Definition: comprehend
Usage: He could not touch the meaning of the poem
Main entry: advert, allude, touch
Definition: make a more or less disguised reference to
Usage: He alluded to the problem but did not mention it
Definition: consume
Usage: She didn't touch her food all night
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
Main entry: touch
Definition: make physical contact with, come in contact with
Usage: Touch the stone for good luck; She never touched her husband
Main entry: touch
Definition: cause to be in brief contact with
Usage: He touched his toes to the horse's flanks
Definition: tamper with
Usage: Don't touch my CDs!
Definition: affect emotionally
Usage: A stirring movie; I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
Main entry: touch
Definition: perceive via the tactile sense
Usage: Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her
Main entry: touch
Definition: deal with; usually used with a form of negation
Usage: I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole; The local Mafia won't touch gambling
Main entry: equal, touch, rival, match
Definition: be equal to in quality or ability
Usage: 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
Main entry: concern, bear on, come to, refer, relate, touch, touch on, have-to doe with, pertain
Definition: be relevant to
Usage: There were lots of questions referring to her talk; My remark pertained to your earlier comments
Main entry: touch, extend to, reach
Definition: to extend as far as
Usage: The sunlight reached the wall; Can he reach? The chair must not touch the wall