English > touch on: 4 senses > verb 2, stative| Meaning | Be relevant to. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, have to do with |
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| Narrower | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | atañer, concernir, incumbir, palpar, referirse, referir, relatar, respectar, tocar, tratarse |
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| Catalan | concernir, incumbir, palpar, pertocar, referir-se, referir, relatar, tocar, tractar-se |
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English > touch on: 4 senses > verb 3, change| Meaning | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore |
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| Entailed by | overhaul, modernize, modernise | make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to |
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| Narrower | cobble | repair or mend |
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| darn | repair by sewing |
| fill | plug with a substance |
| heel, reheel | put a new heel on |
| patch, patch up | mend by putting a patch on |
| piece, patch | repair by adding pieces |
| point, repoint | repair the joints of bricks |
| sole, resole | put a new sole on |
| tinker, fiddle | try to fix or mend |
| trouble-shoot, troubleshoot | solve problems |
| vamp, revamp | Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
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| Opposite | break, bust | ruin completely |
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| Spanish | arreglar, atender, componer, recomponer, reparar, restaurar, restituir |
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| Catalan | adobar, apariar, arreglar, atendre, reparar, restituir |
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English > touch on: 4 senses > verb 4, change| Meaning | Have an effect upon. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch |
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| Narrower | hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely |
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| hydrolize, hydrolise | make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis |
| influence, act upon, work | Have and exert influence or effect |
| process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
| queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
| redound | Have an effect for good or ill |
| repercuss | Cause repercussions |
| slam-dunk | make a forceful move against |
| stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant |
| strike a blow | affect adversely |
| subject | Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to |
| tell on | produce an effect or strain on somebody |
| tinge, color, colour, distort | affect as in thought or feeling |
| trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Spanish | afectar, conmover, impactar, repercutir, tocar |
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| Catalan | afectar, commoure, impactar, repercutir |
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