Definition: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
Usage: at his touch the room filled with lights
Similar words: human action, human activity, deed, act
Definition: something that people do or cause to happen
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
Similar words: impinging, striking, contact
Definition: the physical coming together of two or more things
Usage: contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Synonyms: affecting, touching, poignant
Definition: arousing affect
Usage: the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene; poignant grief cannot endure forever; his gratitude was simple and touching
Similar words: moving
Definition: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
Usage: she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter- N. Hawthorne