touch
touch
tƌƧ
tach
/tƌtƃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "touch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž

to put our hand or body part on a thing or person
Transitive: to touch sth
to touch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gently touched her friend's arm to offer comfort and support.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāύāĻž āĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤāϟāĻŋ āφāϞāϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have an impact or influence on something
Transitive: to touch sb/sth
to touch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economic downturn has touched many companies, leading to financial struggles.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž

to make contact with something physically
Transitive: to touch sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The raindrops touched the surface of the pond, creating concentric circles.
āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϕ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be impressed emotionally
Transitive: to touch sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie 's poignant ending touched everyone in the audience.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļā§€ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause something to come into brief contact with another object
Ditransitive: to touch sth to sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist touched the brush to the canvas, creating a stroke of color.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āĻ• āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become involved or associated with something that is considered undesirable, problematic, risky, or difficult to handle
Transitive: to touch something undesirable or problematic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The proposal is filled with legal complications, and no lawyer would touch it without extensive review.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āφāχāύāĻŋ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āφāχāύāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to handle something in order to alter or tamper with it
Transitive: to touch sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mechanic touched the engine of the car, trying to diagnose the problem.
āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach or come close to a specified level
Transitive: to touch a particular level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His performance in the race touched his personal best time.
āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋

to reach a level of quality, skill, or excellence that is comparable to another recognized standard or benchmark
Transitive: to touch the level of quality of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His performance in the game touched the skill level of professional athletes.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāĻž

to mention or speak of something briefly or in passing
Transitive: to touch a topic | to touch on a topic | to touch upon a topic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The article touched the impact of technology on modern society.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻ™ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a particular quality) to become noticeable or manifest in someone's demeanor, behavior, or speech
Transitive: to touch someone's behavior or speech
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A sense of pride touched his demeanor as he received the award.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lightly or minimally eat or taste a small portion of something
Transitive: to touch food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef was curious why the customer had barely touched the special dish.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧂āĻšāϞ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϕ⧇āύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

the ability to perceive textures or shapes through the hands
touch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She improved her touch with practice on the piano.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ, āĻāĻ• āφāĻ­āĻžāϏ

a subtle amount of something
touch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She brought a touch of elegance to the party.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāϤāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ

the act of making physical contact with something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The kitten responded to her gentle touch.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ

the act of bringing two things into direct contact
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Make sure the wires are in touch.
āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀

a personal or distinctive style in art, writing, or craftsmanship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef 's touch makes the dish memorable.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ

a brief or meaningful interaction or contact between people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They kept in touch after graduation.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϤāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ

the feeling detected by sensory receptors in the skin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lost touch with the sensation in his fingers.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž

skill or finesse in managing situations
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A diplomat 's touch can resolve conflicts.
āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž

the act of asking for money, often informally
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fundraisers make a gentle touch for contributions.
āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ, āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āφāϚāĻŽāĻ•āĻž

a minor or brief attack of illness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A touch of fever made her stay home.
āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ

a small and unique detail that adds distinction or quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her painting had a personal touch that made it special.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ•āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

retouch
touched
toucher
touch
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