contact in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   touch  adjoin  meet  contact 
   
2. be in or establish communication with
   "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
   reach  get through  get hold of  contact 
   

1. the act of touching physically
   "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"
   contact  physical contact 
   
2. close interaction
   "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"
   contact 
   
3. (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
   "they forget to solder the contacts"
   contact  tangency 
   
4. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
   contact  contact lens 
   
5. a channel for communication between groups
   "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
   liaison  link  contact  inter-group communication 
   
6. a communicative interaction
   "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
   contact  touch 
   
7. the physical coming together of two or more things
   "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
   contact  impinging  striking 
   
8. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
   "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
   contact  middleman 
   
9. the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
   "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
   contact