Definition of the word touch

Verb



Please do not touch the statue.



Slowly bend forward and try to touch your toes.



He tried to touch the snake with a stick.



The top of the Christmas tree almost touches the ceiling.



Sparks flew when the wires touched each other.



They were standing side-by-side with their shoulders touching.



Sparks flew when the wires touched.



Their house burned to the ground, but the house next door wasn’t touched by the fire.

Noun



Blind since birth, she relies on her sense of touch to read braille.



The plate was hot to the touch.

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In past years, Fern Street circus themes have touched on storytelling themes such as immigration and access to health care.


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Three’s company:How Ville Husso’s late-season push affects Detroit Red Wings’ goaltending situation Perron had fun, too Lalonde extolled Perron’s value after the morning skate, touching both on his offense and his vocal leadership.


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The most heart-touching part was when Wynonna made a tribute to her mother Naomi Judd, who passed away last year, while singing the song’s final chorus.


—Jacob Linden, Redbook, 4 Apr. 2023




The ball caromed out of bounds with one-tenth of a second left and none of the officials knew which team touched it last.


—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023




People who visit beaches after Sargassum has washed up should avoid touching or swimming near the seaweed, health officials said.


—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023




Such spread tends to occur when patients touch common items or when health care workers transmit the germs.


—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023




Our paint touches have been huge.


—Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023




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—Alex Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023



Ian Steger and Francis Zuber have kept in touch.


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So, keeping in touch with such a counselor is advisable.


—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 9 Apr. 2023




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—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023




But a friend put her in touch with the director the next day.


—Julia Lieblich, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023




Both got in touch after the mixup, and to thank him for his help, Stallings, the golfer, made sure that Stallings, the realtor, got some tickets for himself.


—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023




Here’s how to get in touch.


—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 7 Apr. 2023




Much of the problem was blamed on the airline’s antiquated crew-scheduling system, which left Southwest unable to get in touch with pilots and flight attendants needed in order to reschedule flights.


—Chris Isidore, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023




And of course, do keep in touch.


—Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 Apr. 2023


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verb (used with object)

to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.

to come into contact with and perceive (something), as the hand or the like does.

to bring (the hand, finger, etc., or something held) into contact with something: She touched a match to the papers.

to give a slight tap or pat to with the hand, finger, etc.; strike or hit gently or lightly.

to come into or be in contact with.

Geometry. (of a line or surface) to be tangent to.

to be adjacent to or border on.

to come up to; reach; attain.

to attain equality with; compare with (usually used with a negative): a style that cannot touch that of Shakespeare.

to mark by strokes of the brush, pencil, or the like.

to mark or relieve slightly, as with color: a gray dress touched with blue.

to stop at (a place), as a ship: The ship touched shore several times during the cruise.

to treat or affect in some way by contact.

to affect as if by contact; tinge; imbue.

to affect with some feeling or emotion, especially tenderness, pity, gratitude, etc.: Their sufferings touched his heart.

to handle, use, or have to do with in any way (usually used with a negative): She can’t touch the money until she’s 21.

to eat or drink; consume; taste (usually used with a negative): He won’t touch another drink.

to lay hands on, often in a violent manner: Don’t you touch this child!

to deal with or treat in speech or writing.

to refer or allude to.

to pertain or relate to: a critic in all matters touching the kitchen.

to be a matter of importance to; make a difference to; affect: This grave decision touches all of us.

Metallurgy. to stamp (metal) as being of standard purity.

Slang. to apply to for money, or succeed in getting money from: He touched me for five dollars.

Slang. to steal from.

Archaic.

  1. to strike the strings, keys, etc., of (a musical instrument) so as to cause it to sound.
  2. to play or perform (an air, notes, etc.) on a musical instrument.

verb (used without object)

to place the hand, finger, etc., on or in contact with something.

to come into or be in contact.

to make a stop or a short call at a place, as a ship or those on board (usually followed by at).

noun

the act or state of touching; state or fact of being touched.

that sense by which anything material is perceived by means of physical contact.

the quality of something touched that imparts a sensation: an object with a slimy touch.

a coming into or being in contact.

mental or moral perception, sensitivity, or understanding: He has a marvelous touch in dealing with people.

ability, skill, or dexterity; knack: to lose one’s touch.

Fencing. the contact of the point of a foil or épée or the point or edge of the blade of a saber with a specified portion of the opponent’s body, counting one point for the scorer.

close communication, agreement, sympathy, or the like: to be out of touch with reality; Let’s keep in touch.

a slight stroke or blow.

a slight attack, as of illness or disease: a touch of rheumatism.

a slight added action or effort in doing or completing any piece of work: to provide the finishing touches.

a special detail or feature: The berries macerated in extra virgin olive oil were a nice touch that elevated the custard dessert plate.

manner of execution in artistic work.

the act or manner of touching or fingering a keyboard instrument.

the mode of action of the keys of an instrument, as of a piano or typewriter.

Change Ringing. a partial series of changes on a peal of bells.

a stroke or dash, as with a brush, pencil, or pen.

a slight amount of some quality, attribute, etc.: a touch of sarcasm in his voice.

a slight quantity or degree: a touch of salt.

a distinguishing characteristic or trait: the touch of the master.

quality or kind in general.

an act of testing something.

something that serves as a test; touchstone.

Slang.

  1. the act of approaching someone for money as a gift or a loan.
  2. the obtaining of money in this manner.
  3. the money obtained.
  4. a person considered from the standpoint of the relative ease with which he or she will lend money:I can always hit him for ten—he’s an easy touch.

Metallurgy.

  1. an official mark put upon precious metal after testing to indicate its purity.
  2. a die, stamp, or the like for impressing such a mark.
  3. an identifying mark impressed on pewter by its maker.

Soccer. the area outside the touchlines.

Rugby. either of the touchlines or the area outside of the touchlines.

Verb Phrases

touch down, (of an airplane) to come into contact with the ground; land.

touch off,

  1. to represent or characterize precisely.
  2. to cause to ignite or explode.
  3. to give rise to; initiate: This incident will touch off another crisis.

touch on / upon

  1. to mention a subject briefly or casually; treat of in passing: In his lecture he touched on the major aspects of the controversy.
  2. to come close to; approach.
  3. to relate or pertain to.

touch up,

  1. to make minor changes or improvements in the appearance of.
  2. to modify or improve (a painting, photograph, etc.) by adding small strokes or making slight changes.
  3. to rouse by or as if by striking: This should touch up your memory.

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Idioms about touch

    put the touch on, Informal. to try to borrow money from: Willie put the touch on me for another ten last night.

Origin of touch

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English verb to(u)chen, from Old French tochier, from unattested Vulgar Latin toccāre “to knock, strike, touch,” of expressive origin; noun partly continuing Middle English touche “state or act of touching,” from Old French, derivative of tochier, and partly derivative of the Middle English verb

OTHER WORDS FROM touch

touch·a·ble, adjectivetouch·a·ble·ness, touch·a·bil·i·ty [tuhch-uh—bil-i-tee], /ˌtʌtʃ əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, nountouch·er, nountouch·less, adjective

in·ter·touch, verb (used without object)

Words nearby touch

tottie, totting, totty, toucan, toucanet, touch, touch and go, touchback, touch base, touch base with, touch bottom

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Words related to touch

communication, contact, feeling, taste, bit, dash, detail, hint, scent, shade, tinge, trace, whiff, ability, approach, effect, familiarity, flair, hand, influence

How to use touch in a sentence

  • To let us know how your voting experience goes, here’s how to sign up and get in touch.

  • We may not be able to hug each other, for fear of infection, but we can keep in touch digitally.

  • A battery-powered system of fans stokes your fire with the touch of a button.

  • This requires a data-driven approach, measuring gaps as well as progress while still employing the human touch overall.

  • That offer prompted the employee to get in touch with the FBI, which quickly began monitoring all of Kriuchkov’s actions.

  • Set a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water, making sure that the bowl does not touch the surface of the water.

  • “I had a small touch of prison a couple of times,” Mailer writes to Ehrlichman.

  • The quote appears on the bronze plaque the players touch before they take the field for home games.

  • The former vice president is not known as a soft touch, but for a brief moment in 2011, he seemed to hold Clinton in high regard.

  • Too many designers, Nagrani reckons, stop thinking like entrepreneurs and lose touch with their customers.

  • The Goliath wouldn’t answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.

  • He made me think of an old time magician more than anything, and I felt that with a touch of his wand he could transform us all.

  • He thought they were now in touch with our troops at «X» but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.

  • Thanks to Berthier’s admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.

  • Tausig possessed this repose in a technical way, and his touch was marvellous; but he never drew the tears to your eyes.

British Dictionary definitions for touch

noun

the sense by which the texture and other qualities of objects can be experienced when they come in contact with a part of the body surface, esp the tips of the fingersRelated adjectives: haptic, tactile, tactual

the quality of an object as perceived by this sense; feel; feeling

the act or an instance of something coming into contact with the body

a gentle push, tap, or caress

a small amount; hinta touch of sarcasm

a noticeable effect; influencethe house needed a woman’s touch

any slight stroke or markwith a touch of his brush he captured the scene

characteristic manner or stylethe artist had a distinctive touch

a detail of some work, esp a literary or artistic workshe added a few finishing touches to the book

a slight attack, as of a diseasea touch of bronchitis

a specific ability or facilitythe champion appeared to have lost his touch

the state of being aware of a situation or in contact with someoneto get in touch with someone

the state of being in physical contact

a trial or test (esp in the phrase put to the touch)

rugby soccer the area outside the touchlines, beyond which the ball is out of play (esp in the phrase in touch)

archaic

  1. an official stamp on metal indicating standard purity
  2. the die stamp used to apply this markNow usually called: hallmark

a scoring hit in competitive fencing

an estimate of the amount of gold in an alloy as obtained by use of a touchstone

the technique of fingering a keyboard instrument

the quality of the action of a keyboard instrument with regard to the relative ease with which the keys may be depressedthis piano has a nice touch

bell-ringing any series of changes where the permutations are fewer in number than for a peal

slang

  1. the act of asking for money as a loan or gift, often by devious means
  2. the money received in this way
  3. a person asked for money in this wayhe was an easy touch

verb

(tr) to cause or permit a part of the body to come into contact with

(tr) to tap, feel, or strike, esp with the handdon’t touch the cake!

to come or cause (something) to come into contact with (something else)their hands touched briefly; he touched the match to the fuse

(intr) to be in contact

(tr; usually used with a negative) to take hold of (a person or thing), esp in violencedon’t touch the baby!

to be adjacent to (each other)the two properties touch

(tr) to move or disturb by handlingsomeone’s touched my desk

(tr) to have an effect onthe war scarcely touched our town

(tr) to produce an emotional response inhis sad story touched her

(tr) to affect; concern

(tr; usually used with a negative) to partake of, eat, or drink

(tr; usually used with a negative) to handle or deal withI wouldn’t touch that business

(when intr, often foll by on) to allude (to) briefly or in passingthe speech touched on several subjects

(tr) to tinge or tint slightlybrown hair touched with gold

(tr) to spoil or injure slightlyblackfly touched the flowers

(tr) to mark, as with a brush or pen

(tr) to compare to in quality or attainment; equal or matchthere’s no-one to touch him

(tr) to reach or attainhe touched the high point in his career

(intr) to dock or stop brieflythe ship touches at Tenerife

(tr) slang to ask for a loan or gift of money from

rare

  1. to finger (the keys or strings of an instrument)
  2. to play (a tune, piece of music, etc) in this way

Derived forms of touch

touchable, adjectivetouchableness, nountoucher, nountouchless, adjective

Word Origin for touch

C13: from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin toccāre (unattested) to strike, ring (a bell), probably imitative of a tapping sound

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Other Idioms and Phrases with touch

In addition to the idioms beginning with touch

  • touch and go
  • touch base with
  • touch bottom
  • touch down
  • touched by, be
  • touched in the head
  • touch off
  • touch on
  • touch up

also see:

  • common touch
  • finishing touch
  • hit (touch) bottom
  • in touch
  • lose one’s touch
  • lose touch
  • not touch with a ten-foot pole
  • out of touch
  • put the arm (touch) on
  • soft touch

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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прикасаться, касаться, прикосновение, штрих, чуточку

глагол ↓

- касаться, трогать, прикасаться, притрагиваться

to touch slightly — слегка прикоснуться 
to touch the ball — спорт. задеть мяч, коснуться мяча 
to touch a thing with the hand [with a stick] — трогать вещь рукой [палкой] 
to touch land — приземлиться 
to touch the horse with the spur, to touch one’s spurs to the horse — слегка пришпорить коня 
to touch a person on the arm [on the shoulder] — привлечь чьё-л. внимание, коснувшись руки [плеча] 
he touched his lute /the strings of his lute/ delicately — он нежно коснулся струн лютни 

- касаться, соприкоснуться

the two ships touched — два судна соприкоснулись 
our palms touched — наши ладони коснулись друг друга 

- быть каким-л. на ощупь

the rock touches rough — скала кажется шершавой на ощупь 

- трогать (пальцами, руками)

visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits — посетителей просят не трогать руками экспонаты 
nothing must be touched until the police have come — нельзя ничего трогать до прихода полиции 

- притрагиваться (к еде, вину и т. п.); есть, пить

he has not touched food for two days — два дня он ничего не ел 
I couldn’t touch anything — я не мог ничего есть 
he never touches a drop — он не пьёт ни капли 

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существительное ↓

- прикосновение; касание

at a touch — при (первом) прикосновении 
a touch of /with/ a stick — прикосновение палочкой 
a touch to the cap — приветствие прикосновением к шапке 
to give a touch — прикоснуться 
to give one’s horse a touch of the spurs — слегка пришпорить коня 
he felt a cold touch on his arm — он почувствовал на руке холодное прикосновение 
momentary touch (of the shoulders to the mat) — кратковременное соприкосновение лопаток с ковром (спортивная борьба) 

- осязание

touch is the fifth of our senses — осязание — наше пятое чувство 
sort [rough, hard, slimy] to the touch — мягкий [шероховатый, твёрдый, скользкий] на ощупь 
to know smth. by (the) touch — узнать что-л. на ощупь 
he has a delicate sense of touch — у него очень чувствительная кожа, у него очень развито осязание /чувство осязания/ 

- чувствительность; чуткость, такт

she has a wonderful touch with children — она удивительно тактична с детьми 

- тактильное ощущение

the velvety touch of fabric — бархатистость ткани 
the cold touch of marble — холод мрамора 

- соприкосновение, общение; связь, контакт

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наречие ↓

- немного, чуточку

to aim a touch too low — прицелиться чуть-чуть ниже, чем нужно 

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Словосочетания

this room needs a woman’s touch — этой комнате не хватает женской руки; в этой комнате не чувствуется присутствия женщины  
metal that is cold to the touch — металл, холодный наощупь  
the gentle touch of her hand — нежное прикосновение её руки  
dry to the touch — сухой на ощупь  
touch of frost — заморозки  
touch of irony — ироничный оттенок  
to keep in touch — поддерживать отношения, поддерживать контакт  
to get in touch with smb. — связаться с кем-л.  
make a touch-down — совершить посадку; совершать посадку  
an easy touch — лёгкий противник  
fall out of touch with people — потерять связь с народом  
get into touch — связываться; связаться  

Примеры с переводом

How does this touch me? 

какое это имеет ко мне отношение?

Bye. I’ll be in touch. 

До свидания. Я буду на связи.

Their hands touched. 

Их руки соприкоснулись.

‘Don’t touch me!’ she yelled. 

— Не трогайте меня! — закричала она.

Don’t touch my CDs! 

Не трогай мои диски!

Keep in close touch with me. 

Поддерживайте со мной тесную связь.

She felt a gentle touch on her shoulder. 

Она почувствовала на своём плече нежное прикосновение.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Evans was just able to touch the ball away from Wilkinson.  

Brass pans added a decorative touch to the plain brick wall.  

Her plight has touched the hearts of people around the world.  

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Фразовые глаголы

touch down — приземляться, коснуться земли
touch in — отделывать, заканчивать рисунок
touch off — выпалить, вызывать, быстро набросать, передать сходство, сделать набросок
touch on — касаться, затрагивать, касаться вкратце, граничить с чем-л.
touch up — подкрасить, натолкнуть, исправлять, взволновать, подрисовывать, подстегнуть

Возможные однокоренные слова

retouch  — ретушь, ретуширование, ретушировать, отретушировать
touchable  — осязаемый, осязательный
touched  — тронутый, взволнованный, слегка помешанный
toucher  — тот, кто прикасается
touchiness  — обидчивость, раздражительность
touching  — трогательный, касающийся, касание, упоминание, касательно, относительно
touchy  — обидчивый, раздражительный, рискованный, повышенно чувствительный
touchily  — обидчиво, раздраженно, сварливо

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: touch
he/she/it: touches
ing ф. (present participle): touching
2-я ф. (past tense): touched
3-я ф. (past participle): touched

noun
ед. ч.(singular): touch
мн. ч.(plural): touches

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  • Albanian: prek (sq)
  • Arabic: لَمَسَ‎ (lamasa)
    Gulf Arabic: جاس‎ (jās)
    Moroccan Arabic: قاس‎ (qās)
  • Armenian: դիպչել (hy) (dipčʿel), կպնել (hy) (kpnel) (informal), շոշափել (hy) (šošapʿel), ձեռք տալ (hy) (jeṙkʿ tal)
  • Assamese: চু (su), ছু (su)
  • Asturian: tocar
  • Azerbaijani: toxunmaq (az), dəymək
  • Basque: ukitu
  • Belarusian: крана́ць impf (kranácʹ), крану́ць pf (kranúcʹ), датыка́цца impf (datykácca), даткну́цца pf (datknúcca)
  • Belizean Creole: toch
  • Bengali: ধরা (bn) (dhora), লাগা (bn) (laga)
  • Bulgarian: доко́свам се (bg) impf (dokósvam se), доко́сна се (bg) pf (dokósna se), допи́рам се (bg) impf (dopíram se), допра́ се (bg) pf (doprá se)
  • Burmese: ထိ (my) (hti.)
  • Catalan: tocar (ca)
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏒᏂᎭ (asvniha)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 接觸／接触 (zh) (jiēchù), 觸摸／触摸 (zh) (chùmō), 摸 (zh) (mō), 觸／触 (zh) (chù)
    Min Dong: 撞 (dâung)
  • Chuukese: attapa
  • Crimean Tatar: toqunmaq
  • Czech: dotýkat se impf, dotknout se pf
  • Danish: røre (da), berøre
  • Dutch: aanraken (nl), beroeren (nl), raken (nl)
  • Egyptian: (dmj)
  • Esperanto: tuŝi
  • Estonian: puudutama
  • Farefare: kalʋm
  • Faroese: nema við
  • Finnish: koskea (fi), koskettaa (fi), kosketella (fi)
  • French: toucher (fr)
  • Friulian: tocjâ, točhâ
  • Galician: tocar (gl), tanguer (gl)
  • Georgian: შეხება (šexeba)
  • German: anfassen (de), berühren (de)
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌽 (tēkan)
  • Greek: αγγίζω (el) (angízo)
    Ancient: θιγγάνω (thingánō), ἅπτομαι (háptomai)
  • Gujarati: અડવું (aḍavũ)
  • Haitian Creole: manyen, touche
  • Hebrew: נָגַע‎ (he) (nagá)
  • Hindi: छूना (hi) (chūnā)
  • Hungarian: érint (hu), megérint (hu), hozzányúl (hu), hozzáér, tapint (hu), megtapint (hu), érintkezik (hu), összeér (hu), ér (hu)
  • Iban: megai
  • Icelandic: snerta (is), koma við
  • Ido: tushar (io)
  • Indonesian: menyentuh (id), menyinggung (id)
  • Irish: bain do, bain le
  • Italian: toccare (it)
  • Japanese: 触る (ja) (さわる, sawaru), 触れる (ja) (ふれる, fureru), 接触する (ja) (せっしょくする, sesshoku suru)
  • Kabuverdianu: palpa, palpá
  • Kambera: ràma
  • Kazakh: жанасу (janasu), тию (tiü)
  • Khmer: ប៉ះ (km) (pah), ពាល់ (km) (pŏəl)
  • Korean: 닿다 (ko) (data), 만지다 (ko) (manjida)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: دەست لێدان‎ (dest lêdan)
    Northern Kurdish: dest lê dan (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: тийүү (ky) (tiyüü)
  • Lao: ຈັບຕ້ອງ (chap tǭng), ບາຍ (bāi), ແຕະຕ້ອງ (tæ tǭng)
  • Latgalian: dūrtīs
  • Latin: tangō (la), taxō (la)
  • Latvian: skart
  • Lithuanian: liesti, paliesti
  • Low German:
    German Low German: anraken, berören
  • Macedonian: допира impf (dopira), допре pf (dopre)
  • Malay: menyentuh
  • Malayalam: സ്പർശിക്കുക (ml) (spaṟśikkuka), തൊടുക (ml) (toṭuka)
  • Maltese: mess
  • Maori: whakapā, pā
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: барих (mn) (barix)
  • Norman: touchi
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: berøre
  • Nyunga: bakiny, bakiny
  • Occitan: tocar (oc), tochar (oc)
  • Old English: hrīnan
  • Oromo: tuquu
  • Ossetian: ныдзӕвын (nyʒævyn)
  • Pashto: لمسول‎ (lamsawǝ́l), بلېسول‎ (blesawə́l)
  • Persian: پرماسیدن‎ (fa) (parmâsidan), زدن‎ (fa) (zadan), لمس کردن‎ (fa) (lams kardan)
  • Polish: dotykać (pl) impf, dotknąć (pl) pf
  • Portuguese: tocar (pt)
  • Quechua: llamkhay
  • Romanian: atinge (ro)
  • Romansch: tutgar, tuccar, tutgear, tutgier, tucher, tocker
  • Russian: тро́гать (ru) impf (trógatʹ), тро́нуть (ru) pf (trónutʹ), дотра́гиваться (ru) impf (dotrágivatʹsja), дотро́нуться (ru) pf (dotrónutʹsja), каса́ться (ru) impf (kasátʹsja), косну́ться (ru) pf (kosnútʹsja), прикаса́ться (ru) impf (prikasátʹsja), прикосну́ться (ru) pf (prikosnútʹsja)
  • Sardinian: apodhicare, apoddicare, apodhigai, apodighare, podhicare, tocae, tocai, tocare, togare
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ди́рати impf, та̀кнути pf
    Roman: dírati (sh) impf, tàknuti (sh) pf
  • Sicilian: tuccari (scn)
  • Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
  • Slovak: dotýkať sa impf, dotknúť sa pf
  • Slovene: dotikati se impf, dotakniti se pf
  • Somali: taabasho
  • Spanish: tocar (es)
  • Swahili: kugusa (sw)
  • Swedish: röra (sv), beröra (sv), ta på (sv), tuscha (sv), toucha
  • Tajik: ламс кардан (lams kardan), даст задан (dast zadan)
  • Tatar: тиергә (tiyergä)
  • Telugu: స్పర్శ అంటుకొను (sparśa aṇṭukonu), తాకు (te) (tāku), ముట్టుకొను (te) (muṭṭukonu)
  • Thai: แตะ (th) (dtɛ̀), สัมผัส (th) (sǎm-pàt), แตะต้อง (th) (dtɛ̀-dtɔ̂ng), จับ (th) (jàp)
  • Tocharian B: täk-
  • Turkish: dokunmak (tr), ellemek (tr), değmek (tr)
  • Turkmen: degmek, ellemek
  • Tuvan: дээр (deer)
  • Ukrainian: доторка́тися impf (dotorkátysja), доторкну́тися pf (dotorknútysja), торка́ти impf (torkáty), торкну́ти pf (torknúty), торка́тися impf (torkátysja), торкну́тися pf (torknútysja)
  • Urdu: چھونا‎ (chūnā)
  • Uyghur: تېگىشمەك‎ (tëgishmek)
  • Uzbek: tegmoq (uz)
  • Venetian: tocar (vec)
  • Vietnamese: sờ (vi), rờ (vi), chạm (vi), động (vi), đụng (vi)
  • Walloon: djonde (wa)
  • Yiddish: טאַפּן‎ (tapn), באַטאַפּן‎ (batapn), נוגע זײַן‎ (negeye zayn), אָנרירן‎ (onrirn), צורירן‎ (tsurirn), באַרירן‎ (barirn), פֿינגערן‎ (fingern), טשעפּן זיך‎ (tshepn zikh)
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Meaning Touch

What does Touch mean? Here you find 47 meanings of the word Touch. You can also add a definition of Touch yourself

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A player's sense of feel, generally around the greens. (Ben Crenshaw has always had great touch).

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c. 1300, from Old French toche «touch, a touching; a blow, attack; a test» (Modern French touche), from tocher «to touch» (see touch (v.)). Meaning «slight attack» (of an [..]

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haptophobia

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AND-GO — Landing practice in which an aircraft does not make a full stop after a landing, but proceeds immediately to another take-off.

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The touch is the best, or highest, bid and the best, or lowest, offer for a security or financial instrument.

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(also "feel") sensitivity for playing golf shots Example: She displayed great touch/feel around the greens all summer.

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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" make physical co [..]

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The feel or the sensitivity towards golf shots and the overall flow of a golfer’s stroke play.

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   A player’s sense of feel, generally around the greens.

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skillful player who can place shots accurately—the magic touch!

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(aka: "feel") a per son who is able to play very sensitive or speed specific shots is said to have great ‘touch’. Touch is particularly important for shots around/on the gr [..]

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A multiple meaning term that is generally used to describe «sensitive and dangerous» shots

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A player’s sense of feel, generally around the greens.

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A player’s sense of feel, generally around the greens.

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A golfer’s sense of feel, generally around the greens.

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to feel something with your fingers or with some part of your body

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Touch refers to a player’s sense of feel. It generally describes the prowess of professionals around the greens.

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A player’s sense of feel, generally around the greens.

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 stroke; trait or feature; dash, spice; touchstone for testing gold.

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noun. the feeling generated by contact of an item with the exterior of the skin. Sensitivity to varies in various portions of the body.

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onrirn

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batapn

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Style of depressing, striking, releasing, etc. the keys of a keyboard instrument. Also, the amount of force applied to a key and the distance the key travels on a keyboard instrument.

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pad — This is an area on a laptop that substitutes for a mouse. You move your finger around on it to move the cursor.

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(n) the event of something coming in contact with the body(n) the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)(n) a suggestion of s [..]

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In touch with him. En rapport; in sympathy. The allusion is to the touchstone, which shows by its colour what metal has touched it.

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To keep touch—faith, fidelity. The allusion is to “touching” gold and other metals on a touchstone to prove them. Shakespeare speaks of “friends of noble touch& [..]

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When the UCSIS «Touches» your petition or file it means that an action was taken which required your file to be physically touched or moved. Example: Your file is touched when it is given to [..]

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Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by Mechanoreceptors in the Skin and Mucous Membranes.

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Placing of the hands of the healer upon the Person to be cured with the intent of spiritual energetic healing.

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To make a brief call at a port or place. 2. To touch the bottom without grounding. 3. Said of a sail when its luff comes into the wind. 4. Tinder or match used for firing muzzle-loading guns. 5. The b [..]

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Sensation or perception by which contact with objects, animate or inanimate, gives evidence as to certain qualities or characteristics.

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, sb. a loop of cord put round a horse’s tongue or lip.

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Change file timestamps, see Section 7.1.2

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The best buying and selling prices available on the stock exchange in a given security at any one time.

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the out of bounds line that runs on either side of the pitch. The non-contact version of rugby is also commonly called touch.

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Touch is the area outside and including the two touch-lines which define the sides of the playing area. As the touch-lines are not part of the playing area they are part of touch.

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 — the out of bounds line that runs on either side of the pitch. The non-contact version of rugby is also commonly called touch.

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n. «touch, touching,» s.v. touch sb. OED. KEY: touch@n

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n 1 touche 1

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Although this term is from low speech, the concept is a very important one inMID-WORLD. If a person has the touch, he or she can read minds and/or see into the past and the future. It is similar to ES [..]

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A player contacting the ball.

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1. Developing a ‘feel’ for the ball. 2. Defines the number of times a ball is touched: One-touch, two-touch. 3. A call to a teammate who is about to receive the ball to pass the ball on with his or her first touch.  

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Slang for the highest bid and lowest offer quote (for a stock) offered by competing market makers.

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Mainly applies to international equities. Inside market in London terminology.

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