touch
Primarily physical senses.
To (make) physical (contact) with; to (bring) the hand, finger or other (part) of the body into contact with.
To (come) into (involuntary) contact with; to (meet) or (intersect).
To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
To make physical contact with a thing.
To physically (disturb); to interfere with, molest, or attempt to (harm) (through) contact.
To make intimate physical contact with a person.
(reflexive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to (finger) or (masturbate).
To have sexual intercourse with
To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
To physically affect in specific ways (implied) by context.
To begin to (consume), or otherwise use.
Of a (ship) or its passengers: to (land), to make a (short) (stop) (at).
(historical) To lay (hands) on (someone suffering from (scrofula)) as a (form) of (cure), as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
(obsolete) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
(nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the (wind) that its weather leech shakes.
(nautical) To be brought, as a (sail), so (close) to the wind that its weather (leech) shakes.
(nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
Primarily non-physical senses.
To (imbue) or (endow) with a specific quality.
(archaic) To deal with in (speech) or writing; to (mention) briefly, to (allude) to.
To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (''on'' or ''upon'' something).
To (concern), to have to do with. (19th c.)
(affect emotionally)To affect emotionally; to bring about (tender) or painful feelings in.
(dated) To (affect) in a negative way, especially only slightly.
(Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
(slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
(always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
(in negative constructions) To be on the (level) of; to approach in excellence or quality.
To come close to; to approach.
(computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
To try; to prove, as with a (touchstone).
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
(obsolete) To (infect); to (affect) slightly.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
(music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
A little bit; a small amount.
The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
(in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
(obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
(obsolete) An emotion or affection.
(obsolete) Personal reference or application.
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
(obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
(obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
(shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
The children's game of tag.
(bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
(slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
(slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
(dated) Tallow.
Form; standard of performance.
(Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
(Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
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