English noun: touch | |||
1. | touch (event) the event of something coming in contact with the body | ||
Samples | He longed for the touch of her hand. The cooling touch of the night air. | ||
Synonyms | touching | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contact, impinging, striking | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brush, light touch, stroke | ||
2. | touch (cognition) the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) | ||
Samples | Only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us. | ||
Synonyms | cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exteroception, somatosense | ||
Part meronym | somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis | ||
3. | touch (communication) a suggestion of some quality | ||
Samples | There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone. He detected a ghost of a smile on her face. | ||
Synonyms | ghost, trace | ||
Broader (hypernym) | proffer, proposition, suggestion | ||
4. | touch (attribute) a distinguishing style | ||
Samples | This room needs a woman's touch. | ||
Synonyms | signature | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fashion, manner, mode, style, way | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | common touch | ||
5. | touch (act) the act of putting two things together with no space between them | ||
Samples | At his touch the room filled with lights. | ||
Synonyms | touching | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | buss, catch, contact, dab, dig, fingering, grab, grazing, grope, handling, hit, hitting, jab, kiss, kiss, lap, lick, manipulation, osculation, palpation, pat, physical contact, shaving, skimming, snap, snatch, striking, stroke, stroking, tactual exploration, tag, tap, tickle, tickling, titillation | ||
6. | touch (quantity) a slight but appreciable amount | ||
Samples | This dish could use a touch of garlic. | ||
Synonyms | hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge | ||
Broader (hypernym) | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | snuff | ||
7. | touch (communication) a communicative interaction | ||
Samples | The pilot made contact with the base. He got in touch with his colleagues. | ||
Synonyms | contact | ||
Broader (hypernym) | communicating, communication | ||
8. | touch (state) a slight attack of illness | ||
Samples | He has a touch of rheumatism. | ||
Synonyms | spot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attack | ||
9. | touch (communication) the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) | ||
Samples | He watched the beggar trying to make a touch. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | solicitation | ||
10. | touch (cognition) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | ||
Samples | She likes the touch of silk on her skin. The surface had a greasy feeling. | ||
Synonyms | feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | perception | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | creepiness, cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation | ||
11. | touch (cognition) deftness in handling matters | ||
Samples | He has a master's touch. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | capstone, copestone, finishing touch | ||
12. | touch (attribute) the feel of mechanical action | ||
Samples | This piano has a wonderful touch. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | feel, tactile property | ||
English verb: touch | |||
1. | touch (contact) make physical contact with, come in contact with | ||
Samples | Touch the stone for good luck. She never touched her husband. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brush, buss, collide with, engage, feel, feel, finger, handle, hit, hit, hit, impinge on, kiss, kiss, mouth, osculate, palm, palpate, pick up, press, run into, skim, skim over, snog, strike, strike, strike, stroke, tag, thumb, toe, touch | ||
2. | touch (perception) perceive via the tactile sense | ||
Samples | Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
3. | touch (emotion) affect emotionally | ||
Samples | A stirring movie. I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy. | ||
Examples | The bad news will touch him, The performance is likely to touch Sue | ||
Synonyms | stir | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect, impress, move, strike | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | get | ||
4. | touch (stative) be relevant to | ||
Samples | There were lots of questions referring to her talk. My remark pertained to your earlier comments. | ||
Synonyms | bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch on | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | affect, apply, center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, go for, hold, interest, involve, matter to, regard, revolve about, revolve around | ||
Verb group | advert, allude, touch | ||
5. | touch (contact) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | ||
Samples | The two buildings touch. Their hands touched. The wire must not contact the metal cover. The surfaces contact at this point. | ||
Examples | Our properties touch at this point, His fields touch mine at this point | ||
Synonyms | adjoin, contact, meet | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abut, adhere, adjoin, attach, border, border, butt, butt against, butt on, chafe, cleave, cling, cohere, cover, edge, environ, fray, fret, hug, lean against, lean on, march, rest on, ring, rub, scratch, skirt, spread over, stick, surround | ||
Verb group | converge, meet | ||
6. | touch (change) have an effect upon | ||
Samples | Will the new rules affect me?. | ||
Synonyms | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | act upon, bother, color, colour, discommode, disoblige, distort, endanger, excite, expose, hit, hydrolise, hydrolize, incommode, inconvenience, influence, peril, process, put out, queer, redound, repercuss, scupper, slam-dunk, stimulate, strike, strike a blow, subject, tell on, tinge, treat, trouble, work | ||
7. | touch (social) deal with; usually used with a form of negation | ||
Samples | I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole. The local Mafia won't touch gambling. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | care, deal, handle, manage | ||
8. | touch (contact) cause to be in brief contact with | ||
Samples | He touched his toes to the horse's flanks. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | touch | ||
9. | touch (stative) to extend as far as | ||
Samples | The sunlight reached the wall. Can he reach?. The chair must not touch the wall. | ||
Synonyms | extend to, reach | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | reach into | ||
10. | touch (stative) be equal to in quality or ability | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | equal, match, rival | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | compete, contend, vie | ||
Verb group | equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match | ||
11. | touch (contact) tamper with | ||
Samples | Don't touch my CDs!. | ||
Synonyms | disturb | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | upset, violate | ||
12. | touch (communication) make a more or less disguised reference to | ||
Samples | He alluded to the problem but did not mention it. | ||
Synonyms | advert, allude | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hint, suggest | ||
Entail | denote, refer | ||
Verb group | bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | ||
13. | touch (cognition) comprehend | ||
Samples | He could not touch the meaning of the poem. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | understand | ||
14. | touch (consumption) consume | ||
Samples | She didn't touch her food all night. | ||
Examples | They touch more bread | ||
Synonyms | partake | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | receive | ||
15. | touch (change) color lightly | ||
Samples | Her greying hair was tinged blond. The leaves were tinged red in November. | ||
Synonyms | tinct, tinge, tint | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | complexion, henna, tincture | ||