| VERB | contact | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
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| perception | touch | perceive via the tactile sense | |
| emotion | touch, stir | affect emotionally | |
| stative | touch, refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch on, have to do with | be relevant to | |
| contact | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | be in direct physical contact with | |
| change | touch, affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on | have an effect upon | |
| social | touch | deal with | |
| contact | touch | cause to be in brief contact with | |
| stative | touch, reach, extend to | to extend as far as | |
| stative | touch, equal, rival, match | be equal to in quality or ability | |
| contact | touch, disturb | tamper with | |
| communication | touch, allude, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to | |
| cognition | touch | comprehend / comprehend | |
| consumption | touch, partake | consume | |
| change | touch, tint, tinct, tinge | color lightly | |
| NOUN | event | touch, touching | the event of something coming in contact with the body / body |
| cognition | touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) | |
| communication | touch, trace, ghost | a suggestion of some quality | |
| attribute | touch, signature | a distinguishing style | |
| act | touch, touching | the act of putting two things together with no space between them | |
| quantity | touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon | a slight but appreciable amount | |
| communication | touch, contact | a communicative interaction | |
| state | touch, spot | a slight attack of illness | |
| communication | touch | the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) | |
| cognition | touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling | the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | |
| cognition | touch | deftness in handling matters | |
| attribute | touch | the feel of mechanical action |
| Sounds | tah'ch | |
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| Rhymes | Bruch ... such: 11 rhymes with ahch... | |
| Meaning | The event of something coming in contact with the body / body. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | touching | |
| Narrower | brush, light touch | momentary contact |
| stroke | A light touch | |
| Broader | contact, impinging, striking | The physical coming together of two or more things |
| Spanish | toque | |
| Catalan | toc | |
| Verbs | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
| touch | be in direct physical contact with | |
| touch | cause to be in brief contact with | |
| touch | perceive via the tactile sense | |
| touch | to extend as far as | |
| Meaning | The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands). | |
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| Example | "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us" | |
| Synonyms | sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses | |
| Part of | somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense | The faculty of bodily perception |
| Broader | exteroception | sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body |
| somatosense | Any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | |
| Spanish | sentido del tacto, tacto | |
| Catalan | tacte | |
| Adjectives | haptic, tactile, tactual | of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch |
| Verbs | touch | perceive via the tactile sense |
| Meaning | A suggestion of some quality. | |
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| Example | "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone" | |
| Synonyms | trace, ghost | |
| Broader | suggestion, proposition, proffer | A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection |
| Spanish | punto, sombra, toque | |
| Catalan | punt | |
| Meaning | A distinguishing style. | |
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| Example | "this room needs a woman's touch" | |
| Synonym | signature | |
| Narrower | common touch | The property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them) |
| Broader | manner, mode, style, way, fashion | How something is done or how it happens |
| Spanish | toque | |
| Meaning | The act of putting two things together with no space between them. | |
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| Example | "at his touch the room filled with lights" | |
| Synonym | touching | |
| Narrower | catch, grab, snatch, snap | The act of catching an object with the hands |
| contact, physical contact | The act of touching physically | |
| dig, jab | The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow | |
| fingering | touching something with the fingers | |
| grazing, shaving, skimming | The act of brushing / brushing against while passing | |
| grope | The act of groping / groping / groping | |
| handling, manipulation | The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | |
| hit, hitting, striking | The act of contacting one thing with another | |
| kiss, buss, osculation | The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) | |
| kiss | A light / light glancing touch | |
| lick, lap | touching with the tongue | |
| palpation, tactual exploration | A method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) | |
| stroke, stroking | A light touch with the hands | |
| tag | (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game) | |
| tap, pat, dab | A light touch or stroke | |
| tickle, tickling, titillation | The act of tickling / tickling | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Spanish | contacto | |
| Catalan | contacte | |
| Verbs | touch | cause to be in brief contact with |
| Meaning | A slight but appreciable amount. | |
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| Example | "this dish could use a touch of garlic" | |
| Synonyms | hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon | |
| Narrower | snuff | A pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time |
| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
| Spanish | pizca | |
| Catalan | pessic | |
| Meaning | A communicative interaction. | |
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| Example | "he got in touch with his colleagues" | |
| Synonym | contact | |
| Broader | communication, communicating | The activity of communicating |
| Spanish | contacto | |
| Meaning | A slight attack of illness. | |
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| Example | "he has a touch of rheumatism" | |
| Synonym | spot | |
| Broader | attack | A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition |
| Meaning | The act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan). | |
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| Example | "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch" | |
| Broader | solicitation | An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status |
| Meaning | The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin. | |
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| Example | "she likes the touch of silk on her skin" | |
| Synonyms | touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling | |
| Narrower | creepiness | An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin |
| cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation | A sensation localized on the skin | |
| Broader | perception | The process of perceiving |
| Spanish | percepción táctil, tacto | |
| Catalan | percepció tàctil, tacte | |
| Adjectives | haptic, tactile, tactual | of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch |
| Verbs | touch | perceive via the tactile sense |
| Meaning | deftness in handling matters. | |
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| Example | "he has a master's touch" | |
| Narrower | finishing touch, capstone, copestone | A final / final touch |
| Broader | adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness | Skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| Meaning | The feel of mechanical action. | |
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| Example | "this piano has a wonderful touch" | |
| Broader | tactile property, feel | A property perceived by touch |
| Spanish | toque | |
| Meaning | make physical contact with, come in contact with. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Entailed by | feel, finger | Examine by touch |
| paw | touch clumsily | |
| rub | Move over something with pressure | |
| Narrower | brush | touch lightly and briefly |
| engage | Get caught | |
| feel | pass one's hands over the sexual organs of | |
| finger, thumb | Feel or handle with the fingers | |
| handle, palm | touch, lift, or hold with the hands | |
| hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | |
| hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with | hit against | |
| kiss | touch lightly or gently | |
| mouth | touch with the mouth | |
| palpate, feel | Examine (a body part) by palpation | |
| pick up | take up by hand | |
| press | Exert pressure or force to or upon | |
| skim over, skim | Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | |
| snog, kiss, buss, osculate | Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | |
| strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon | |
| strike, hit | produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically | |
| stroke | touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | |
| tag | touch a player while he is holding the ball | |
| toe | touch with the toe | |
| touch | Cause to be in brief contact with | |
| See also | touch down | come or bring (a plane) to a landing |
| Spanish | contactar, palpar, tocar | |
| Catalan | palpar, tocar | |
| Nouns | touch | the event of something coming in contact with the body / body |
| toucher | a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something | |
| touching | the act of putting two things together with no space between them | |
| Meaning | perceive via the tactile sense. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her" | |
| Entailed by | feel | grope or feel in search of something |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
| Spanish | palpar, tocar | |
| Catalan | palpar, tocar | |
| Nouns | touch | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) |
| touch | the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | |
| touch, touching | the event of something coming in contact with the body / body | |
| Meaning | affect emotionally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will touch him; The performance is likely to touch Sue | |
| Example | "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" | |
| Synonym | stir | |
| Narrower | get | Evoke an emotional response |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Spanish | despertar, palpar, provocar, tocar | |
| Catalan | palpar, tocar | |
| Meaning | Be relevant to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch on, have to do with | |
| Narrower | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
| focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center | Center upon | |
| involve, affect, regard | Connect closely and often incriminatingly | |
| matter to, interest | Be of importance or consequence | |
| Similar to | allude, touch, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to |
| Spanish | atañer, concernir, incumbir, palpar, referirse, referir, relatar, respectar, tocar, tratarse | |
| Catalan | concernir, incumbir, palpar, pertocar, referir-se, referir, relatar, tocar, tractar-se | |
| Meaning | Be in direct physical contact with; make contact / contact / contact. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Model | Our properties touch at this point; His fields touch mine at this point | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | adjoin, meet, contact | |
| Narrower | attach | Be attached |
| border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with | |
| cover, spread over | form a cover over | |
| hug | fit closely or tightly | |
| lean on, rest on, lean against | rest on for support | |
| rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch | Cause friction | |
| surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously | |
| Similar to | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
| Spanish | colindar, contactar, lindar, palpar, tocar | |
| Catalan | confrontar, contactar, palpar, tocar-se, tocar | |
| Nouns | touch | the event of something coming in contact with the body / body |
| Meaning | Deal with; usually used with a form of negation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | manage, deal, care, handle | Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of |
| Meaning | Cause to be in brief contact with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks" | |
| Broader | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
| Spanish | tocar | |
| Nouns | touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them |
| touch | the event of something coming in contact with the body / body | |
| toucher | a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something | |
| Meaning | To extend as far as. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Can he reach?""The chair must not touch the wall" | |
| Synonyms | reach, extend to | |
| Narrower | reach into | Run into or up to |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Spanish | contactar, lindar, tocar | |
| Catalan | afrontar, confrontar, contactar, estar tocant a, estrènyer, palpar, tocar | |
| Nouns | touch | the event of something coming in contact with the body / body |
| Meaning | Be equal to in quality or ability. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues" | |
| Synonyms | equal, rival, match | |
| Broader | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
| Similar to | equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching |
| Spanish | igualar, rivalizar | |
| Meaning | tamper with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Don't touch my CDs!" | |
| Synonym | disturb | |
| Narrower | upset | disturb the balance or stability of |
| violate | Destroy | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | desordenar, manosear, tocar | |
| Meaning | make a more or less disguised reference to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | allude, advert | |
| Entails | denote, refer | Have as a meaning / meaning |
| Broader | hint, suggest | Drop a hint |
| Similar to | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with | Be relevant to |
| Spanish | advertir, aludir, referirse, tocar | |
| Catalan | al·ludir, referir-se, tocar | |
| Meaning | comprehend / comprehend. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He could not touch the meaning of the poem" | |
| Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
| Spanish | comprender, entender, tocar | |
| Catalan | mencionar, referir-se | |
| Meaning | consume. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They touch more bread | |
| Example | "She didn't touch her food all night" | |
| Synonym | partake | |
| Narrower | receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| Spanish | consumir, tocar, tomar | |
| Meaning | color lightly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tint, tinct, tinge | |
| Narrower | complexion | Give a certain color to |
| henna | apply henna to one's hair | |
| tincture | stain or tint with a color | |
| Broader | color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in | add color to |
| Spanish | matizar, teñir | |
| Catalan | matisar, tenyir, tintar | |
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