What is the meaning of touch?

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: touching
• The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands. )
  • usage: "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
  • synonyms: sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses
• A suggestion of some quality.
  • usage: "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
  • synonyms: trace, ghost
• A distinguishing style.
  • usage: "this room needs a woman's touch"
  • synonyms: signature
• The act of putting two things together with no space between them.
  • usage: "at his touch the room filled with lights"
  • synonyms: touching
• A slight but appreciable amount.
  • usage: "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
  • synonyms: hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
• A communicative interaction.
  • usage: "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
  • synonyms: contact
• A slight attack of illness.
  • usage: "he has a touch of rheumatism"
  • synonyms: spot
• The act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan. )
  • usage: "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
• The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin.
  • usage: "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
  • synonyms: touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
• Deftness in handling matters.
  • usage: "he has a master's touch"
• The feel of mechanical action.
  • usage: "this piano has a wonderful touch"

verb

• Make physical contact with, come in contact with.
  • usage: "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
• Perceive via the tactile sense.
  • usage: "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
• Affect emotionally.
  • usage: "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
  • synonyms: 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 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: adjoin, meet, contact
• Have an effect upon.
  • usage: "Will the new rules affect me"
  • synonyms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on
• 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"
• Cause to be in brief contact with.
  • usage: "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
• 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
• 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, rival, match
• Tamper with.
  • usage: "Don't touch my CDs"
  • synonyms: disturb
• Make a more or less disguised reference to.
  • usage: "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
  • synonyms: allude, advert
• Comprehend.
  • usage: "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
• Consume.
  • usage: "She didn't touch her food all night"
  • synonyms: partake
• Color lightly.
  • usage: "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
  • synonyms: tint, tinct, tinge