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touch

the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"

the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful touch"

deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"

the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands); "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"

a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"

a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"

comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"

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"

make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"

cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"

tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"

affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"

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"

Synonyms:

• ESP,
• Roman candle,
• ability,
• abut,
• access,
• adjoin,
• adroitness,
• affect,
• aid to navigation,
• alarm,
• alight,
• allegory,
• allude to,
• allusion,
• amber light,
• amount to,
• answer,
• answer to,
• appertain to,
• apply,
• apply to,
• apprehend,
• approach,
• arcane meaning,
• arouse,
• art,
• assumption,
• attouchement,
• background,
• background detail,
• balance,
• balefire,
• be aware of,
• be conscious of,
• be sensible of,
• beacon,
• beacon fire,
• beak,
• bear on,
• bear upon,
• beat the drum,
• beautify,
• beg,
• begin,
• bell,
• bell buoy,
• belong to,
• bit,
• blinker,
• blow,
• blue peter,
• border,
• borrow,
• break even,
• bring in,
• bring up,
• brush,
• brush by,
• bum,
• bunt,
• buoy,
• butt,
• cadge,
• cantando,
• capability,
• caress,
• carry,
• cast,
• cause,
• caution light,
• characteristic,
• chromesthesia,
• chuck,
• color hearing,
• coloration,
• coloring,
• come home to,
• come in contact,
• come near,
• come to,
• come together,
• come up to,
• commerce,
• communicate,
• communication,
• communion,
• compare with,
• concern,
• congress,
• connect,
• connection,
• connotation,
• consume,
• contact,
• contingence,
• conversation,
• converse,
• correspond,
• correspond to,
• correspondence,
• cover,
• dab,
• dash,
• deal with,
• dealing,
• dealings,
• decorative composition,
• decorative style,
• deftness,
• demilegato,
• design,
• detail,
• detonate,
• dexterity,
• dip,
• disturb,
• ditto,
• draw,
• drink,
• drop,
• eat,
• employ,
• enhance,
• equal,
• even,
• even off,
• examine,
• exchange,
• exchange colors,
• excite,
• execution,
• experience,
• expertise,
• expression,
• facility,
• feel,
• feel of,
• feeling,
• figure,
• fillip,
• finger,
• fingering,
• fire,
• five senses,
• flag,
• flag down,
• flair,
• flare,
• flash,
• flick,
• flip,
• flirt,
• float a loan,
• fog bell,
• fog signal,
• fog whistle,
• foghorn,
• foil,
• foment,
• fondle,
• foreground detail,
• form,
• genius,
• get,
• get a loan,
• get on credit,
• get to,
• gift,
• give a signal,
• give rise to,
• give the nod,
• glance,
• gleam,
• glissando,
• go deep,
• go light,
• go through one,
• gong buoy,
• graze,
• green light,
• grieve,
• hail,
• hail and speak,
• half-mast,
• hand,
• handle,
• hang,
• have connection with,
• hear,
• hearing,
• heliograph,
• high sign,
• hint,
• hit,
• hit one for,
• hit up,
• hoist a banner,
• idea,
• ignite,
• impassion,
• impinge,
• impingement,
• impingence,
• implication,
• implied meaning,
• import,
• impress,
• inference,
• influence,
• information,
• infusion,
• initiate,
• inkling,
• innuendo,
• inspect,
• inspire,
• instigate,
• interaction,
• interchange,
• intercommunication,
• intercommunion,
• intercourse,
• interest,
• interfere with,
• international alphabet flag,
• international numeral pennant,
• interplay,
• intimation,
• intonation,
• investigate,
• involve,
• ironic suggestion,
• join,
• jot,
• junction,
• keep pace with,
• kick,
• kiss,
• knack,
• knot,
• land,
• larceny,
• leer,
• legato,
• liaise with,
• lick,
• lift,
• light,
• line,
• linguistic intercourse,
• link with,
• look,
• make a sign,
• make use of,
• manner,
• march,
• marker beacon,
• match,
• match up with,
• meaning,
• measure up,
• measure up to,
• meddle with,
• meet,
• melt,
• melt the heart,
• mention,
• message,
• metaphorical sense,
• method,
• mezzo staccato,
• mooch,
• motif,
• move,
• movement,
• music-making,
• national style,
• negotiate a loan,
• neighbor,
• nod,
• nuance,
• nudge,
• occult meaning,
• odor,
• operation,
• ornamental motif,
• osculate,
• osculation,
• overtone,
• palm,
• palpate,
• palpation,
• panhandle,
• parachute flare,
• parallel,
• parlando,
• partake of,
• pass the hat,
• pat,
• patch up,
• pattern,
• paw,
• pawn,
• peck,
• penetrate,
• perceive,
• performance,
• period style,
• pertain to,
• phonism,
• photism,
• pianism,
• pick,
• pierce,
• pilot flag,
• pinch,
• pizzicato,
• ply,
• poke,
• poke at,
• police whistle,
• presumption,
• presupposition,
• probe,
• prod,
• provoke,
• purloining,
• put,
• put to use,
• quarantine flag,
• quicken,
• radio beacon,
• raise,
• raise a cry,
• raise money,
• rap,
• reach,
• receptor,
• red flag,
• red light,
• refer to,
• regard,
• relate to,
• rendering,
• rendition,
• renovate,
• repeated figure,
• repercussion,
• reply,
• respect,
• respond,
• respond to stimuli,
• response,
• responsiveness,
• retouch,
• rival,
• rocket,
• rub,
• rubato,
• run abreast,
• run into debt,
• run to,
• sadden,
• sailing aid,
• salute,
• sauce,
• scent,
• scintilla,
• scrape,
• scrounge,
• scrutinize,
• seasoning,
• see,
• semaphore,
• semaphore flag,
• semaphore telegraph,
• sense,
• sense organ,
• senses,
• sensillum,
• sensorium,
• sensory organ,
• set,
• set in motion,
• set off,
• setting,
• shade,
• shadow,
• shave,
• sideswipe,
• sight,
• sign,
• signal,
• signal beacon,
• signal bell,
• signal fire,
• signal flag,
• signal gong,
• signal gun,
• signal lamp,
• signal light,
• signal mast,
• signal post,
• signal rocket,
• signal shot,
• signal siren,
• signal tower,
• signalize,
• signature,
• sip,
• sixth sense,
• skill,
• skim,
• skirt,
• slur,
• smack,
• smart,
• smattering,
• smell,
• snap,
• social intercourse,
• soften,
• sound an alarm,
• sound the trumpet,
• soupcon,
• spar buoy,
• spark,
• speak,
• speaking,
• speck,
• speech,
• speech circuit,
• speech situation,
• spiccato,
• spice,
• spot,
• sprinkling,
• spruce up,
• squeak by,
• staccato,
• stack up with,
• start,
• steal,
• stealage,
• stealing,
• stimulate,
• sting,
• stir,
• stop light,
• streak,
• strike,
• stroke,
• style,
• subsense,
• subsidiary sense,
• suggestion,
• sup,
• supposition,
• suspicion,
• sway,
• symbolism,
• synesthesia,
• tactility,
• taction,
• taint,
• take,
• take advantage of,
• talent,
• talking,
• tangency,
• tap,
• taste,
• technique,
• telepathy,
• tempering,
• tentative contact,
• texture,
• the nod,
• the wink,
• theme,
• thievery,
• thieving,
• thought,
• thumb,
• tickle,
• tie,
• tie in with,
• tinct,
• tincture,
• tinge,
• tint,
• tip,
• titivate,
• touch a chord,
• touch down,
• touch off,
• touch on,
• touch up,
• touch upon,
• touching,
• toy with,
• trace,
• traffic,
• traffic light,
• traffic signal,
• treat of,
• trick,
• trigger,
• truck,
• twiddle,
• two-way communication,
• undercurrent,
• undermeaning,
• undertone,
• unfurl a flag,
• use,
• verge,
• verge on,
• vestige,
• watch fire,
• wave,
• wave a flag,
• wave the hand,
• way,
• whiff,
• whisk,
• white flag,
• wield,
• wigwag,
• wigwag flag,
• wink,
• yellow flag