I. verb
1.
to probe with a sensitive part of the body (as a finger) so as to get or produce a sensation often in the course of examining or exploring
touch an iron to test its temperature
Synonyms: feel, finger, handle, palpate, paw
Related Word: brush, graze; caress, fondle, rub, stroke, toy (with); palm, thumb; examine, inspect, probe, scrutinize; investigate
2.
Synonyms: adjoin , abut, border, butt (on or against), communicate, join, line, march, neighbor, verge
3.
Synonyms: equal 3, match, measure up, meet, rival, tie
4.
Synonyms: affect , carry, get, impress, influence, inspire, move, strike, sway
Related Word: arouse, stir; excite, quicken, stimulate
Idioms: touch a chord
5.
Synonyms: amount 2, approach, correspond (to), equal, match, partake (of), rival
Related Word: come (to), verge (on)
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: contact 1, contingence
Related Word: junction; communication
2.
an act of touching or feeling
woke her with a light touch on her hand
Synonyms: palpation, taction
Related Word: brush, pat, stroke; contact
3.
tactile sensitivity
a blanket soft to the touch
Synonyms: feel, tactility
Related Word: feeling
4.
a specified sensation conveyed through the tactile receptors
the velvety touch of a fabric
Synonyms: feel, feeling
5.
Synonyms: hint 2, dash, shade, smack, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge
6.
distinctive manner or method
this house needs a woman's touch
Synonyms: hand
Related Word: manner, style, way
|| 7.
Synonyms: theft , larceny, lift, pinch, purloining, steal, stealage, stealing, thievery, thieving