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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ghost, trace |
| Type of | suggestion, proffer, proposition |
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch on |
| Type of | change, modify, alter |
| Has types | trouble, tell on, queer, expose, tinge, color, peril, stimulate, strike a blow, colour, slam-dunk, scupper, act upon, repercuss, redound, hydrolise, hydrolize, hit, excite, treat, process, put out, subject, bother, distort, strike, endanger, work, incommode, inconvenience, influence, discommode, disoblige |
touch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | touching |
| Type of | human activity, human action, deed, act |
| Has types | tickle, snatch, tickling, snap, titillation, skimming, shaving, physical contact, pat, palpation, osculation, manipulation, grope, lick, lap, kiss, dab, handling, jab, catch, striking, hitting, hit, grab, stroke, fingering, stroking, tactual exploration, buss, tag, tap, grazing, dig, contact |
at his touch the room filled with lights.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contact |
| Type of | communicating, communication |
he got in touch with his colleagues.
touch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality |
| Type of | somatosense, exteroception |
only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extend to, reach |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | reach into |
The chair must not touch the wall.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge |
| Type of | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
| Has types | snuff |
this dish could use a touch of garlic.
touch::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adjoin, contact, meet |
| Has types | hug, lean on, march, environ, edge, cover, cohere, cling, cleave, chafe, butt on, butt against, surround, butt, border, attach, stick, spread over, adjoin, skirt, adhere, scratch, rub, ring, fret, rest on, abut, fray, lean against |
| Verb group | meet, converge |
The two buildings touch.
Their hands touched.
touch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation |
| Type of | perception |
| Has types | haptic sensation, skin sensation, cutaneous sensation, creepiness |
she likes the touch of silk on her skin.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | toucher |
He touched his toes to the horse's flanks.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | adroitness, quickness, adeptness, facility, deftness |
| Has types | finishing touch, capstone, copestone |
he has a master's touch.
touch::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | handle, brush, buss, collide with, engage, feel, finger, hit, impinge on, kiss, mouth, osculate, palm, palpate, pick up, press, run into, skim, skim over, snog, strike, stroke, tag, thumb, toe |
| Derivation | toucher, touching |
She never touched her husband.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | perceive, comprehend |
| Derivation | touching |
Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her.
touch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | solicitation |
he watched the beggar trying to make a touch.
Examples of touch
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British trade unions have a sure touch when it comes to antagonizing the public.
From the newsweek.com
Llorente had a great header on his first touch of the ball, which Eduardo saved.
From the washingtontimes.com
Hall said they encouraged him to get his mother in touch with Rosalind Williams.
From the denverpost.com
We believe that our dining room table exists because we can see it and touch it.
From the kentucky.com
The bottom of the jean should be long enough to just touch the top of your shoe.
From the post-gazette.com
Beauty fades, but icons stay icons when they're able to touch people's emotions.
From the freep.com
There was a touch of Scotland in the air as one man arrived in full formal kilt.
From the freep.com
If the background was blue, the monkeys were supposed to touch the larger array.
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Can a designer stray so far into fantasy that he or she loses touch with buyers?
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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 contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
- Perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
- 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"
- A suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
- Affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
- Touch were a '60s rock group who recorded just one album, 1968's eponymous and extremely rare Touch. They consisted of John Bordonaro (drums, percussion, vocals), Don Gallucci (keyboards, vocals), Bruce Hauser (bass, vocals), Jeff Hawks (vocals), and Joey Newman AKA Vern Kjellberg (guitar, vocals).
- Touch is an EP from Arthur Loves Plastic and was released in 2010.
- Touch is a ballet made by David Parsons on the New York City Ballet to music by Richard Peaslee. The premiere took place February 15, 1996, at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center.
