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touch

touch

360 1.0
A feeling when your skin meets something or someone
  • noun
  • /tʌtʃ/
translation icon : tacto
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Warm me with your touch.

  • It's cold to the touch and delicious.

  • A very basic desire to taste, to touch, to enjoy.

  • Can you feel the touch?

  • 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.

  • The children laughed when they felt the soft touch of the puppy's fur.

Synonyms

feeling
vstouch
580 1.0

A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body

is the action of physical contact and the capacity to feel through the skin
contact
vstouch
371 1.0

Physical touching between people or things

is the act, moment, and ability to sense through direct connection
feel
vstouch
46 1.8

How something is to the touch

is the act, moment, or sensory ability of physical contact rather than object quality
27 2.0

Touch between people or between a person and an object

is the act, moment, and ability to sense through direct connection
sense of touch
vstouch
4 3.0

The ability to feel things through the skin

is the act or moment of physical contact as well as the sensory faculty
touch perception
vstouch
  • Specialized
4.5

Ability to feel pressure, heat, or pain on the skin

is also the brief physical contact event and the general capacity to feel

Antonyms

216 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

Idioms

92 4.9

Not aware of recent events or people's feelings

66 2.3

A small amount of something added to improve or change it

46 3.0

A small extra detail that makes something look or feel better

No longer have the skill you once had to do something well

to touch a nerve
  • Informal
7 7.7

Make someone feel upset or defensive by mentioning a sensitive subject

3 9.3

To tell viewers or listeners to keep watching and not change the channel during a break in the show

To become less good at something you used to do well

Make someone feel strong emotion or sympathy

Midas touch
  • Informal
3 8.1

A special ability to make money or do well in many things

to touch a chord
  • Informal
2 5.8

To make a person feel a strong emotion

1 6.1

A natural ability to do something well

1 9.1

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

A rude slang way to say someone shows small signs of autism and may offend people

8.3

You say it to try to stop bad luck after saying something good

Ask an important person for help or a blessing

Compounds

A last small detail that makes something look or feel complete

19 2.7

A screen you touch to control a phone or tablet

touch-and-go
  • Informal
9 7.2

A situation that is dangerous or uncertain until the last moment

8 3.2

A version of American football where players touch the player with the ball to stop them instead of tackling

8 3.9

A small repair to make something look better

4 3.9

A gentle, brief contact made with little force

The ability to feel things through the skin

2 4.6

A way of connecting with ordinary people that makes them feel understood

A small extra detail that makes something feel nicer

golden touch
  • Informal
1 5.2

A skill for making projects succeed easily

1 3.7

A gentle way of touching or handling people and objects

1 4.6

A form of football where another player stops someone by touching them with both hands

bad touch
  • Offensive
1 9.0

Unwanted physical contact that makes someone feel scared or uncomfortable

A small detail that makes something look beautiful and special

1 3.6

A way to use all fingers on a keyboard without looking at it

touch-me-not
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A plant with seed pods that burst when you touch them and release seeds

1 4.1

Used for small repairs that make something look better

1 5.4

A person who uses a keyboard without looking at the keys

A small detail that makes something look brighter and happier

game of two touch
  • Australian
8.4

Touch football where another player touches someone twice to tackle them

9.8

A tendency to make everything a person touches fail

touch perception
  • Specialized
4.5

Ability to feel pressure, heat, or pain on the skin

touch modality
  • Specialized
7.0

The sense that lets you feel objects through physical contact

A small amount of care that makes something special

touch sensation
  • Specialized
3.9

A feeling on the skin when something presses or rests on it

To type by pressing keys without looking, using trained finger positions

touch-me-not
  • Specialized
9.5

A plant with leaves that fold together when you touch them

soft touch
  • Offensive
7.0

A person who easily agrees and can be taken advantage of

5.5

A practice where soccer players control and pass the ball using two touches

two touch
  • Jargon
6.2

A football exercise where each player may touch the ball only twice before passing

How Hard

slap
110 1.0
pat
1.0
tap
66 1.0
touch
360 1.0
to brush
133 1.6

Surface Forms

touch singular
touches plural

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.