touch

Etymology
From, , from (whence Modern 🇨🇬; compare French doublet ), from , from , from , from. Displaced native, from (whence  ).

Cognate with 🇨🇬, (whence 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬,  (whence 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬,  (whence Modern ). Compare also,. Outside Germanic, cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at tuck, take.

Verb

 * 1) Primarily physical senses.
 * 2)  To  physical  with; to  the hand, finger or other  of the body into contact with.
 * 3)  To  into (involuntary) contact with; to  or.
 * 4)  To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
 * 5)  To make physical contact with a thing.
 * 6)  To physically ; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to   contact.
 * 7)  To make intimate physical contact with a person.
 * 8)  To sexually excite with the fingers; to  or.
 * 9)  To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
 * He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.
 * The demonstrator nearly touched the rod on the ball.
 * She touched her lips to the glass.
 * 1)  To physically affect in specific ways  by context.
 * 2)  To, or otherwise use.
 * 3)  Of a  or its passengers: to, to make a   (at).
 * 4)  To lay  on (someone suffering from ) as a  of, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
 * 5)  To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
 * 6)  To bring (a sail) so close to the  that its weather leech shakes.
 * 7)  To be brought, as a, so  to the wind that its weather  shakes.
 * 8)  To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
 * 9) Primarily non-physical senses.
 * 10)  To  or  with a specific quality.
 * 11)  To deal with in  or writing; to  briefly, to  to.
 * , I.2.4.vii:
 * Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure ; for besides those terrors which I have before touched,there is a superstitious fearwhich much trouble many of us.
 * 1)  To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
 * 2)  To, to have to do with.
 * 3) * 1919,, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 , page 423:
 * And now it seemed he was engaged in something which touched them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
 * 1)  To affect emotionally; to bring about  or painful feelings in.
 * 2)  To  in a negative way, especially only slightly.
 * 3)  To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
 * 4)  To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
 * 5)  To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
 * 6)  To be on the  of; to approach in excellence or quality.
 * 7)  To come close to; to approach.
 * 8)  To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
 * 9) To try; to prove, as with a.
 * 10) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
 * 11)  To ; to  slightly.
 * 12) To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
 * 13) To perform, as a tune; to play.
 * 14) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
 * 1)  To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
 * 2)  To, to have to do with.
 * 3) * 1919,, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 , page 423:
 * And now it seemed he was engaged in something which touched them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
 * 1)  To affect emotionally; to bring about  or painful feelings in.
 * 2)  To  in a negative way, especially only slightly.
 * 3)  To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
 * 4)  To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
 * 5)  To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
 * 6)  To be on the  of; to approach in excellence or quality.
 * 7)  To come close to; to approach.
 * 8)  To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
 * 9) To try; to prove, as with a.
 * 10) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
 * 11)  To ; to  slightly.
 * 12) To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
 * 13) To perform, as a tune; to play.
 * 14) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
 * 1)  To be on the  of; to approach in excellence or quality.
 * 2)  To come close to; to approach.
 * 3)  To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
 * 4) To try; to prove, as with a.
 * 5) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
 * 6)  To ; to  slightly.
 * 7) To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
 * 8) To perform, as a tune; to play.
 * 9) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
 * 1)  To ; to  slightly.
 * 2) To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
 * 3) To perform, as a tune; to play.
 * 4) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
 * 1) To perform, as a tune; to play.
 * 2) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
 * 1) To perform, as a tune; to play.
 * 2) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
 * 1) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: لَمَسَ
 * Gulf Arabic: جاس
 * Moroccan Arabic: قاس
 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Assamese: চু, ছু
 * Asturian: tocar
 * Azerbaijani:, dəymək
 * Basque: ukitu
 * Belarusian: крана́ць, крану́ць, датыка́цца, даткну́цца
 * Belizean Creole: toch
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏒᏂᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Eastern Min: 撞
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Chuukese: attapa
 * Crimean Tatar: toqunmaq
 * Czech: dotýkat, dotknout
 * Danish:, berøre
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: tuŝi
 * Estonian: puudutama
 * Farefare: kalʋm
 * Faroese: nema við
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: tocjâ, točhâ
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: შეხება
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍄𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀγγίζω, ἅπτω, θιγγάνω
 * Gujarati: અડવું
 * Haitian Creole: manyen, touche
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Iban: megai
 * Icelandic:, koma við
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: kerttää
 * Irish: bain do, bain le
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: palpa, palpá
 * Kambera: ràma
 * Kazakh: жанасу, тию
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دەست لێدان
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຈັບຕ້ອງ, ບາຍ, ແຕະຕ້ອງ
 * Latgalian: dūrtīs
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: skart
 * Lithuanian: liesti, paliesti
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: anraken, berören
 * Macedonian: допира, допре
 * Malay: menyentuh
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: mess
 * Maori: whakapā, pā
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: touchi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: berøre
 * Nyunga: bakiny, bakiny
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: hrīnan
 * Oromo: tuquu
 * Ossetian: ныдзӕвын
 * Pashto: لمسول, بلېسول
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: llamkhay
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: tutgar, tuccar, tutgear, tutgier, tucher, tocker
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Sardinian: apodhicare, apoddicare, apodhigai, apodighare, podhicare, tocae, tocai, tocare, togare
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ди́рати, та̀кнути
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak: dotýkať, dotknúť
 * Slovene: dotikati, dotakniti
 * Somali: taabasho
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , , , toucha
 * Tajik: ламс кардан, даст задан
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: тиергә
 * Telugu: స్పర్శ అంటుకొను, ,
 * Thai:, , ,
 * Tocharian B: täk-
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: degmek, ellemek
 * Tuvan: дээр
 * Ukrainian: доторка́тися, доторкну́тися, торка́ти, торкну́ти, торка́тися, торкну́тися
 * Urdu: چھونا
 * Uyghur: تېگىشمەك
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:, , , ,
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: טאַפּן, באַטאַפּן, נוגע זײַן, אָנרירן, צורירן, באַרירן, פֿינגערן, טשעפּן זיך


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish:, bevæge
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: kortuŝi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ריגש
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 印象付ける
 * Korean: ,
 * Latgalian: dasadūrt
 * Latin:, , toccare
 * Latvian: aizskart
 * Malay: menyentuh
 * Maori: tae
 * Norman: touchi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: berøre,
 * Old English: hrīnan
 * Polish:, wzruszyć, , , , , atandrysować , rozczulać, rozczulić
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ди́рати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:, స్పర్శించు
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: звору́шувати, звору́ши́ти
 * Walloon: ,

Noun

 * 1) An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
 * Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.
 * 1) The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
 * With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.
 * 1) The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
 * He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.
 * 1)  The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
 * 2) A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
 * 3) A little bit; a small amount.
 * 4) The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
 * 5) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
 * 6) The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
 * 7)  Act or power of exciting emotion.
 * 8)  An emotion or affection.
 * 9)  Personal reference or application.
 * 10) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
 * 11)  A brief essay.
 * 12)  A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
 * 13)  Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
 * 14)  The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
 * 15) The children's game of tag.
 * 16)  A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
 * 17)  An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
 * 18)  The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
 * 19)  Tallow.
 * 20) Form; standard of performance.
 * 21) * 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
 * Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.
 * 1)  A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
 * 2) * 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
 * With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
 * 1)  touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
 * 1)  A brief essay.
 * 2)  A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
 * 3)  Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
 * 4)  The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
 * 5) The children's game of tag.
 * 6)  A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
 * 7)  An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
 * 8)  The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
 * 9)  Tallow.
 * 10) Form; standard of performance.
 * 11) * 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
 * Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.
 * 1)  A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
 * 2) * 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
 * With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
 * 1)  touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
 * 1) Form; standard of performance.
 * 2) * 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
 * Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.
 * 1)  A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
 * 2) * 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
 * With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
 * 1)  touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: لَمْسَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: toxunuş
 * Belarusian: до́тык, датыка́нне
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: berøring
 * Esperanto: tuŝo
 * Estonian: puudutus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: შეხება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπαφή, ψαῦσμα
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, 터치
 * Latin:, contāgēs
 * Macedonian: допир, пипање
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: berøring
 * Nynorsk: berøring
 * Old English: hrine hrīning
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: до̏дӣр
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, dotknutie, dotýkanie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: до́тик, доторка́ння
 * Vietnamese: cú chạm


 * Arabic: لَمْس
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: до́тык
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဖေါဋ္ဌဗ္ဗာရုံ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: hmat
 * Esperanto: tuŝosenso
 * Finnish:, käsikopelo
 * French:
 * Georgian: შეხება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἁφή
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: tauste
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: hrine, hrīning
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀пип
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: tip
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ломиса
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: до́тик
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, känsla för detaljer


 * Bulgarian:, ма́лко коли́чество
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: anstrøk
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , liten bit


 * Czech:, zámezí
 * Finnish: kentän ulkopuoli
 * Hungarian: partvonalon túli terület
 * Polish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Indonesian:,  ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Spanish:,  ,
 * Ukrainian: (1),  (1),  (2),  (3)

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  being touch screen

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  being touch screen

Adjective

 * 1) ; touch-screen