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: a distinguishing style
Usage: this room needs a woman's touch
Similar words: way, style, manner, fashion, mode
Definition: how something is done or how it happens
Usage: her dignified manner; his rapid manner of talking; their nomadic mode of existence; in the characteristic New York style; a lonely way of life; in an abrasive fashion
Synonyms: touch
Definition: the feel of mechanical action
Usage: this piano has a wonderful touch
Similar words: feel, tactile property
Definition: a property perceived by touch
Synonyms: touch
Definition: deftness in handling matters
Usage: he has a master's touch
Similar words: deftness, facility, quickness, adeptness, adroitness
Definition: skillful performance or ability without difficulty
Usage: his quick adeptness was a product of good design; he was famous for his facility as an archer
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: exteroception
Definition: sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Similar words: somatosense
Definition: any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: perception
Definition: the process of perceiving
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
Similar words: proposition, proffer, suggestion
Definition: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
Usage: it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
Synonyms: touch
Definition: the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
Usage: he watched the beggar trying to make a touch
Similar words: solicitation
Definition: an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
Usage: a solicitation to the king for relief
Definition: a communicative interaction
Usage: the pilot made contact with the base; he got in touch with his colleagues
Similar words: communicating, communication
Definition: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
Usage: they could not act without official communication from Moscow
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: soupcon, speck, tinge, touch, hint, mite, jot, pinch
Definition: a slight but appreciable amount
Usage: this dish could use a touch of garlic
Similar words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Definition: an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
Definition: a slight attack of illness
Usage: he has a touch of rheumatism
Similar words: attack
Definition: a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
Usage: an attack of diarrhea
Synonyms: touch, touch on, impact, affect, bear on, bear upon
Definition: have an effect upon
Usage: Will the new rules affect me?
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: tinct, tinge, tint, touch
Definition: color lightly
Usage: her greying hair was tinged blond; the leaves were tinged red in November
Similar words: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Definition: add color to
Usage: The child colored the drawings; Fall colored the trees; colorize black and white film
Synonyms: touch
Definition: comprehend
Usage: He could not touch the meaning of the poem
Similar words: understand
Definition: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
Usage: She did not understand her husband; I understand what she means
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Definition: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Usage: Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I don't take sugar in my coffee
Synonyms: touch
Definition: cause to be in brief contact with
Usage: He touched his toes to the horse's flanks
Similar words: touch
Definition: make physical contact with, come in contact with
Usage: Touch the stone for good luck; She never touched her husband
Definition: tamper with
Usage: Don't touch my CDs!
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: affect emotionally
Usage: A stirring movie; I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress
Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd
Synonyms: touch
Definition: perceive via the tactile sense
Usage: Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: deal, handle, manage, care
Definition: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
Usage: I can deal with this crew of workers; This blender can't handle nuts; She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: contend, vie, compete
Definition: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?