Touch (Verb)
Meaning 1
Affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 2
Color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
Be equal to in quality or ability; "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".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 4
Consume; "She didn't touch her food all night".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 5
Cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 6
Comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Meaning 7
Have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
Perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 9
Deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 10
Be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Chafe
- Rest On
- Edge
- Fret
- Butt Against
- Butt
- Lean Against
- Adhere
- Abut
- Cohere
- Border
- Adjoin
- Skirt
- Scratch
- Butt On
- Environ
- Spread Over
- Fray
- Stick
- March
- Ring
- Cleave
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Meaning 11
Be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 12
Tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 13
Make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 14
Make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 15
To extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?"; "The chair must not touch the wall".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.