Meaning of touch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
   countable, uncountable
2. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
   countable, uncountable
3. To make contact with the ground; land: The spacecraft touched down on schedule.
4. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
   countable, uncountable
5. Sports To win a swimming race just ahead of (a competitor) by touching the end of the pool first.
   Sports
6. The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
   countable, uncountable
7. To improve by making minor corrections, changes, or additions.
8. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
   countable, uncountable
9. To renew a line of communication: "He went out of his way to touch base with a broad cross section of ... residents" (George B. Merry).
10. A little bit; a small amount.
    countable, uncountable
11. an abnormal fear of touching or being touched. Also called thixophobia.
12. involuntary response or reaction to the touch of outside objects or bodies, as in motile cells. — thigmotaetic, adj.
13. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
    countable, uncountable
14. haptophobia.
15. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
    uncountable
16. Area out of play beyond a touchline.
17. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
    countable, uncountable
18. Act or power of exciting emotion.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
19. To come to rest on the ground:alight, land, light, set down, settle.
20. An emotion or affection.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
21. To improve by making minor changes or additions:polish, retouch.
22. Personal reference or application.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
23. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
    countable, uncountable
24. A brief essay.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
25. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
26. Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
27. 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.
    countable, uncountable
28. The children's game of tag.
    countable, uncountable
29. A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
    countable, uncountable
30. An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
    countable, slang, uncountable
31. The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
    countable, slang, uncountable
32. Tallow.
    UK, countable, dated, uncountable
33. Form; standard of performance.
    countable, uncountable
34. A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
    countable, uncountable
35. touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
    Australia, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.”

“With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.”

“He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.”

“a heavy touch, or a light touch”

“Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.”

“Move it left just a touch and it will be perfect.”

“I'd like to see a touch more enthusiasm in the project.”

“Madam, I have a touch of your condition.”

“In another example, there are a few touches of white above the eye, and a white postocular stripe, which becomes quite broad where it terminates on the side of the neck.”

“We had looked forward to four or five days' work in Ying-shan similar to that in Yün-mung, but at the end of our two days' walk from the one city to the other (they lie more than fifty miles apart), Mr. Terrell had a touch of fever, so we judged it best to remain in Ying-shan only for a day and then travel as quickly as possible by chair to Teh-ngan to consult our good friend, Dr. Morley, of the Wesleyan Mission Hospital in that city, and from thence take boat for Hankow....”

“He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch.”

“He promised to keep in touch while he was away.”

“lose touch”

“I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my touch.”

“Rovers' hopes of pulling off one of the great European shocks of all time lasted just 10 minutes before Spurs finally found their scoring touch.”

“Not alone / The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, / Do strongly speak to us.”

“a true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy”

“Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.”

“Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.”

“Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.”

“Now do I play the touch.”

“a neat new monument of touch and alabaster”

“equity, the true touch of all laws”

“friends of noble touch”

“Set off the exact Length forward and aftward from the Observation of the rising of the Keel, by Shipwrights called the Touch, or Place where the Keel's upper Part ends to be streight.”

“But towards evening I got a touch at a cove's suck, and eased him of twenty-two quids and a lil, which I took in the usual manner, when he was entering the inn door.”

“Supposedly Pickle has a line on a group of wealthy donors who were about to make a big drop on Chuy's campaign, now that he is in the runoff. I ask Pickle about the timing of this donation because Crawford and I are about to put the touch on the campaign for another five grand.”

“Brody would have to pay her, so if all else failed she would have some control. She would have sex on her terms, not his. She would give him the relief he craved, and also relieve him of 500 quid while she was at it. A sweet little touch to keep her ahead of the game.”

“Such was Tim Whiffle on the Sunday, with the addition of a cane to indicate riding, it is true he had long had a penchant to a pair of spurs but did not as yet sport them, although a half crown touch at some livery stables was positively decided upon in his own mind, though hitherto the dread of a fall from a horse had prevented the execution of his magnanimous plan.”

“2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019. Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.”

“2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019. With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.”

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