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Meaning of touch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To make contact with the ground; land: The spacecraft touched down on schedule.
  2. Sports To win a swimming race just ahead of (a competitor) by touching the end of the pool first.
    Sports
  3. To improve by making minor corrections, changes, or additions.
  4. 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).
  5. an abnormal fear of touching or being touched. Also called thixophobia.
  6. involuntary response or reaction to the touch of outside objects or bodies, as in motile cells. — thigmotaetic, adj.
  7. haptophobia.
  8. Area out of play beyond a touchline.
  9. To come to rest on the ground:alight, land, light, set down, settle.
  10. To improve by making minor changes or additions:polish, retouch.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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