touch
- noun
- /tʌtʃ/
- The gentle touch of the breeze on her face was refreshing.
- touch screen
- sense of touch
- lose touch
So there are two kinds of touch nerve fibre.
- So there are two kinds of touch nerve fibre.
- A very basic desire to taste, to touch, to enjoy.
- It's like warm to the touch, but that's about it.
Examples
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Warm me with your touch.
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It's cold to the touch and delicious.
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A very basic desire to taste, to touch, to enjoy.
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Can you feel the touch?
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The floor is dirt, a little damp to the touch as cellar dirt usually is.
Fiction book (1991) -
In such cases, aroma works in conjunction with sound and touch in the process of psychotherapy.
Academic text (1999) -
The simulator now incorporates the sense of touch that the surgeon also feels during the actual procedure.
Academic text (2008) -
He appreciated the reassuring touch of her hand during the difficult conversation.
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The children laughed when they felt the soft touch of the puppy's fur.
Synonyms
A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body
Physical touching between people or things
How something is to the touch
Touch between people or between a person and an object
The ability to feel things through the skin
Ability to feel pressure, heat, or pain on the skin
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make someone feel upset or defensive by mentioning a sensitive subject
- Archaic
To tell viewers or listeners to keep watching and not change the channel during a break in the show
- Archaic
Tell someone not to change the radio or television channel before a show returns
Refuse to be involved with people or things that seem dangerous and dishonest
- Slur
A rude slang way to say someone shows small signs of autism and may offend people
Compounds
A version of American football where players touch the player with the ball to stop them instead of tackling
A form of football where another player stops someone by touching them with both hands
- Specialized
A plant with seed pods that burst when you touch them and release seeds
- Australian
Touch football where another player touches someone twice to tackle them
- Jargon
A practice where soccer players control and pass the ball using two touches
- Jargon
A football exercise where each player may touch the ball only twice before passing
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Touch comes from the old French verb toucher, which meant 'to feel with the hand' or 'to strike'. So a touch is simply a moment of physical contact or the sensation you get when something meets your skin.