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touch
noun(tou-ch)
a distinguishing style
Synonyms: signature,
Examples:
This room needs a woman's touch.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
make a more or less disguised reference to
Synonyms: advert, allude,
touch
verb(tou-ch)
consume
Synonyms: partake,
Examples:
She didn't touch her food all night.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
the event of something coming in contact with the body
Synonyms: touching,
Examples:
He longed for the touch of her hand.
The cooling touch of the night air.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
be relevant to
Synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch on,
touch
noun(tou-ch)
a suggestion of some quality
Synonyms: ghost, trace,
Examples:
There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
have an effect upon
Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch on,
touch
noun(tou-ch)
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
Synonyms: touching,
Examples:
At his touch the room filled with lights.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
be equal to in quality or ability
Synonyms: equal, match, rival,
Examples:
Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
a communicative interaction
Synonyms: contact,
Examples:
He got in touch with his colleagues.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
a slight attack of illness
Synonyms: spot,
Examples:
He has a touch of rheumatism.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
affect emotionally
Synonyms: stir,
Examples:
I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
Synonyms: cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality,
Examples:
Only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
tamper with
Synonyms: disturb,
Examples:
Don't touch my CDs!.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
to extend as far as
Synonyms: extend to, reach,
Examples:
The chair must not touch the wall.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
a slight but appreciable amount
Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge,
Examples:
This dish could use a touch of garlic.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Synonyms: adjoin, contact, meet,
Examples:
The two buildings touch.
Their hands touched.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
Synonyms: feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation,
Examples:
She likes the touch of silk on her skin.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
color lightly
Synonyms: tinct, tinge, tint,
touch
verb(tou-ch)
cause to be in brief contact with
Examples:
He touched his toes to the horse's flanks.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
comprehend
Examples:
He could not touch the meaning of the poem.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
deal with; usually used with a form of negation
Examples:
I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole.
The local Mafia won't touch gambling.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
deftness in handling matters
Examples:
He has a master's touch.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
make physical contact with, come in contact with
Examples:
She never touched her husband.
touch
verb(tou-ch)
perceive via the tactile sense
Examples:
Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
Examples:
He watched the beggar trying to make a touch.
touch
noun(tou-ch)
the feel of mechanical action
Examples:
This piano has a wonderful touch.

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