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touching::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | touch |
| Type of | deed, act, human action, human activity |
| Has types | dig, fingering, grab, grazing, grope, handling, hit, hitting, tag, buss, catch, contact, dab, stroking, tactual exploration, tap, tickle, tickling, titillation, jab, kiss, lap, lick, manipulation, osculation, palpation, pat, physical contact, shaving, skimming, snap, snatch, striking, stroke |
| Derivation | touch |
Examples of touching
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Still, the greeting-card industry isn't touching the office-spouse relationship.
From the online.wsj.com
Touching a gate means a two-second penalty while missing a gate adds 50 seconds.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Lay the ropes out vertically, parallel to each other and close but not touching.
From the sacbee.com
Then, right at the end, he made a touching little speech about life, and London.
From the telegraph.co.uk
West is, in turn, pompous, fascinating, hilarious, touching and just plain daft.
From the guardian.co.uk
Traditional beliefs in some regions prevent many people from touching the stuff.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ultra-Orthodox practice forbids men from touching women, except for their wives.
From the sacbee.com
If seven TD passes is landing on the moon, eight would be touching down on Mars.
From the washingtontimes.com
The woman said the man then began touching her and her children, officials said.
From the ocregister.com
- Touch: 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"
- Affecting: arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"
- Touch: the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
- (touchingly) affectingly: in a poignant or touching manner; "she spoke poignantly"
- (touch) make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
- (touch) perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
- The somatosensory system is a diverse sensory system comprising the receptors and processing centres to produce the sensory modalities such as touch, temperature, proprioception (body position), and nociception (pain). ...
- (The Touch (2002 film)) The Touch is a 2002 Hong Kong action/adventure martial arts film directed by Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon cinematographer Peter Pau and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin and Richard Roxburgh. ...
- (The Touch (Kim Wilde song)) "The Touch" is the second single from the 1984 Kim Wilde album Teases & Dares, released at the end of the year. It is generally regarded as one of Wilde's flop singles from the British point of view.
