What is the meaning of touching?

noun

• The event of something coming in contact with the body.
  • usage: "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"
  • synonyms: touch
• The act of putting two things together with no space between them.
  • usage: "at his touch the room filled with lights"
  • synonyms: touch

verb

• Make physical contact with, come in contact with.
  • usage: "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
  • synonyms: touch
• Perceive via the tactile sense.
  • usage: "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
  • synonyms: touch
• Affect emotionally.
  • usage: "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
  • synonyms: touch, stir
• Be relevant to.
  • usage: "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
  • synonyms: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Be in direct physical contact with; make contact.
  • usage: "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
  • synonyms: touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Have an effect upon.
  • usage: "Will the new rules affect me"
  • synonyms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Deal with; usually used with a form of negation.
  • usage: "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"
  • synonyms: touch
• Cause to be in brief contact with.
  • usage: "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
  • synonyms: touch
• To extend as far as.
  • usage: "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach" "The chair must not touch the wall"
  • synonyms: reach, extend to, touch
• Be equal to in quality or ability.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: equal, touch, rival, match
• Tamper with.
  • usage: "Don't touch my CDs"
  • synonyms: touch, disturb
• Make a more or less disguised reference to.
  • usage: "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
  • synonyms: allude, touch, advert
• Comprehend.
  • usage: "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
  • synonyms: touch
• Consume.
  • usage: "She didn't touch her food all night"
  • synonyms: partake, touch
• Color lightly.
  • usage: "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
  • synonyms: tint, tinct, tinge, touch

adjective

• Arousing affect.
  • usage: "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"
  • synonyms: affecting, poignant