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touch > 27 senses
NOUN1touch, touchingThe event of something coming in contact with the body
2touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous sensesThe faculty of touch
3touch, trace, ghostA suggestion of some quality
4touch, signatureA distinguishing style
5touch, touchingThe act of putting two things together with no space between them
6touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconA slight but appreciable addition
7touch, contactA communicative interaction
8touch, spotA slight attack of illness
9touchThe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
10touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feelingThe sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
11touchDeftness in handling matters
12touchThe feel of mechanical action
VERB1touchMake physical contact with, come in contact with
2touchPerceive via the tactile sense
3touch, stirAffect emotionally
4touch, refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch onHave to do with or be relevant to
5touch, adjoin, meet, contactBe in direct physical contact with
6touch, affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch onHave an effect upon
7touchDeal with
8touchCause to be in brief contact with
9touch, reach, extend toTo extend as far as
10touch, equal, rival, matchBe equal to in quality or ability
11touch, disturbTamper with
12touch, allude, advertMake a more or less disguised reference to
13touchComprehend
14touch, partakeConsume
15touch, tint, tinct, bepaint, tingeDye with a color
touch > pronunciation
Soundstah'ch
RhymesBruch, clutch, crutch, and 8 more rhymes in ahch at the HyperDic website...
touch > noun 1, event
MeaningThe event of something coming in contact with the body.
Examples"he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"
Synonymstouching
Narrowerbrush, light touch; stroke
Broadercontact, impinging, striking
Verbstouch; touch; touch; touch; touch
touch > noun 2, cognition
MeaningThe faculty of touch.
Examples"only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
Synonymssense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses
Part ofsomesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatatesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense
Broaderexteroception; somatosense
Adjectiveshaptic, tactile, tactual
Verbstouch
touch > noun 3, communication
MeaningA suggestion of some quality.
Examples"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"
Synonymstrace, ghost
Broadersuggestion, proposition, proffer
touch > noun 4, attribute
MeaningA distinguishing style.
Examples"this room needs a woman's touch"
Synonymssignature
Narrowercommon touch
Broadermanner, mode, style, way, fashion
touch > noun 5, act
MeaningThe act of putting two things together with no space between them.
Examples"at his touch the room filled with lights"
Synonymstouching
Narrowercontact; tap, pat, dab; hit, hitting, striking; dig, jab; kiss; kiss, buss, osculation; catch, grab, snatch, snap; handling, manipulation; fingering; grope; palpation, tactual exploration; tickle, tickling, titillation; stroke, stroking; tag; lick, lap; grazing, shaving, skimming
Broaderdeed, feat, effort, exploit
Verbstouch
touch > noun 6, quantity
MeaningA slight but appreciable addition.
Examples"this dish could use a touch of garlic"
Synonymshint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Narrowersnuff
Broadersmall indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
touch > noun 7, communication
MeaningA communicative interaction.
Examples"he got in touch with his colleagues"
Synonymscontact
Broadercommunication, communicating
touch > noun 8, state
MeaningA slight attack of illness.
Examples"he has a touch of rheumatism"
Synonymsspot
Broaderattack
touch > noun 9, communication
MeaningThe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan).
Examples"he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
Broadersolicitation
touch > noun 10, cognition
MeaningThe sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin.
Examples"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"
Synonymstouch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
Narrowercutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
Broaderperception
Adjectiveshaptic, tactile, tactual
Verbstouch
touch > noun 11, cognition
MeaningDeftness in handling matters.
Examples"he has a master's touch"
Narrowerfinishing touch, capstone, copestone
Broaderadeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness
touch > noun 12, attribute
MeaningThe feel of mechanical action.
Examples"this piano has a wonderful touch"
Broadertactile property, feel
touch > verb 1, contact
MeaningMake physical contact with, come in contact with.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples"Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
Entailed byfeel, finger; paw; rub
Narrowerengage; touch; toe; pick up; strike, hit; finger, thumb; feel; palpate, feel; handle, palm; caress; hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with; brush; skim over, skim; hit; strike; kiss, buss, osculate; kiss; mouth; press; tag
See alsotouch down
Nounstoucher; touching; touch
touch > verb 2, perception
MeaningPerceive via the tactile sense.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
Entailed byfeel
Broaderperceive, comprehend
Nounstouch; touch; touch, touching
touch > verb 3, emotion
MeaningAffect emotionally.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
ModelThe bad news will touch him; The performance is likely to touch Sue
Examples"I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
Synonymsstir
Narrowerget
Broaderaffect, impress, move, strike
touch > verb 4, stative
MeaningHave to do with or be relevant to.
PatternSomething ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsrefer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch on
Narrowerfocus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center; apply, hold, go for; involve, affect, regard; matter to, interest
Similar toallude, touch, advert
touch > verb 5, contact
MeaningBe in direct physical contact with. Make contact.
PatternSomething ----s something
ModelOur properties touch at this point; His fields touch mine at this point
Examples"The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"
Synonymsadjoin, meet, contact
Narrowercover, spread over; cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere; rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch; attach; hug; border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on; surround, skirt, border; lean on, rest on, lean against
Similar toconverge, meet
Nounstouch
touch > verb 6, change
MeaningHave an effect upon.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsaffect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on
Narrowerstrike a blow; repercuss; tell on; redound; stimulate, excite; process, treat; hydrolize, hydrolise; tinge, color, colour, distort; queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril; hit, strike; subject; trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother; influence, act upon, work; slam-dunk
Broaderchange, alter, modify
touch > verb 7, social
MeaningDeal with. Usually used with a form of negation.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"
Broadermanage, deal, care, handle
touch > verb 8, contact
MeaningCause to be in brief contact with.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
Broadertouch
Nounstoucher; touch; touch
touch > verb 9, stative
MeaningTo extend as far as.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Something ----s something
Examples"Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
Synonymsreach, extend to
Narrowerreach into
Broaderbe
Nounstouch
touch > verb 10, stative
MeaningBe equal to in quality or ability.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples"Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"
Synonymsequal, rival, match
Broadercompete, vie, contend
Similar toequal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
touch > verb 11, contact
MeaningTamper with.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"Don't touch my CDs!"
Synonymsdisturb
Narrowerupset; violate
Broaderchange, alter, modify
touch > verb 12, communication
MeaningMake a more or less disguised reference to.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Synonymsallude, advert
Entailsdenote, refer
Broaderhint, suggest
Similar torefer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
touch > verb 13, cognition
MeaningComprehend.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
Broaderunderstand
touch > verb 14, consumption
MeaningConsume.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey touch more bread
Examples"She didn't touch her food all night"
Synonymspartake
Narrowerreceive
Broaderconsume, ingest, take in, take, have
touch > verb 15, change
MeaningDye with a color.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymstint, tinct, bepaint, tinge
Narrowerhenna; tincture
Broaderdye

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