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"this room needs a woman's touch"nouna distinguishing style
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"She didn't touch her food all night"verbconsume
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"he longed for the touch of her hand" "the cooling touch of the night air"nounthe event of something coming in contact with the body
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verbbe relevant to
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"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"nouna suggestion of some qualitytype of:
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verbhave an effect upon
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"at his touch the room filled with lights"nounthe act of putting two things together with no space between them
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"Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"verbbe equal to in quality or ability
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"he got in touch with his colleagues"nouna communicative interaction
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"he has a touch of rheumatism"nouna slight attack of illness
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"I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"verbaffect emotionally
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"only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"nounthe faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
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"Don't touch my CDs!"verbtamper with
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"The chair must not touch the wall"verbto extend as far astype of:
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"this dish could use a touch of garlic"nouna slight but appreciable amount
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"The two buildings touch" "Their hands touched"verbbe in direct physical contact with; make contact
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"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"nounthe sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skintype of:
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verbcolor lightly
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"He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"verbcause to be in brief contact with
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"He could not touch the meaning of the poem"verbcomprehendtype of:
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"I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole" "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"verbdeal with; usually used with a form of negation
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"he has a master's touch"noundeftness in handling matterstype of:
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"She never touched her husband"verbmake physical contact with, come in contact with
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"Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"verbperceive via the tactile sensetype of:
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"he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"nounthe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)type of:
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"this piano has a wonderful touch"nounthe feel of mechanical actiontype of:
Definition that contains touch
- worry touch or rub constantly
- fall touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- kiss touch lightly or gently
- kiss touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
- mouth touch with the mouth
- handle touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- strike touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- shine touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- brush touch lightly and briefly
- stroke touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions