Meaning of touch | Babel Free
Definitions
- To make contact with the ground; land: The spacecraft touched down on schedule.
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Sports To win a swimming race just ahead of (a competitor) by touching the end of the pool first. Sports
- To improve by making minor corrections, changes, or additions.
- 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).
- an abnormal fear of touching or being touched. Also called thixophobia.
- involuntary response or reaction to the touch of outside objects or bodies, as in motile cells. — thigmotaetic, adj.
- haptophobia.
- Area out of play beyond a touchline.
- To come to rest on the ground:alight, land, light, set down, settle.
- 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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.