Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
- S: (n) touch, touching (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"
- S: (n) touch, touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them) "at his touch the room filled with lights"
- S: (v) touch (make physical contact with, come in contact with) "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
- S: (v) touch (perceive via the tactile sense) "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
- S: (v) touch, stir (affect emotionally) "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
- S: (v) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with (be relevant to) "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
- S: (v) touch, adjoin, meet, contact (be in direct physical contact with; make contact) "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
- S: (v) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch (have an effect upon) "Will the new rules affect me?"
- S: (v) touch (deal with; usually used with a form of negation) "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"
- S: (v) touch (cause to be in brief contact with) "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
- S: (v) reach, extend to, touch (to extend as far as) "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?"; "The chair must not touch the wall"
- S: (v) equal, touch, rival, match (be equal to in quality or ability) "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
- S: (v) touch, disturb (tamper with) "Don't touch my CDs!"
- S: (v) allude, touch, advert (make a more or less disguised reference to) "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
- S: (v) touch (comprehend) "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
- S: (v) partake, touch (consume) "She didn't touch her food all night"
- S: (v) tint, tinct, tinge, touch (color lightly) "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
- S: (adj) affecting, poignant, touching (arousing affect) "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"