Definition of Touch

Noun

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

Verb

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

Word games points for the Touch

• Scrabble® score of the touch (10)
• Word Chums® score of the touch (14)
• Words With Friends® score of the touch (11)

Unscramble touch

26 unscramble word found using the letters touch.

ch, chou, chout, chut, cot, coth, couth, cut, ho, hoc, hot, hout, hut, och, oh, ou, ouch, oucht, out, tho, thou, to, toc, touch, uh, ut,