touch 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. make a more or less disguised reference to
   "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
   allude  touch  advert 
   
3. have an effect upon
   "Will the new rules affect me?"
   affect  impact  bear upon  bear on  touch on  touch 
   
4. 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  touch on  have-to doe with 
   
5. tamper with
   "Don't touch my CDs!"
   touch  disturb 
   
6. 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  touch  rival  match 
   
7. to extend as far as
   "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
   reach  extend to  touch 
   
8. consume
   "She didn't touch her food all night"
   partake  touch 
   
9. affect emotionally
   "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
   touch  stir 
   
10. color lightly
    "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
    tint  tinct  tinge  touch 
    
11. comprehend
    "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
    touch 
    
12. make physical contact with, come in contact with
    "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
    touch 
    
13. cause to be in brief contact with
    "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
    touch 
    
14. perceive via the tactile sense
    "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
    touch 
    
15. 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"
    touch 
    

1. a communicative interaction
   "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
   contact  touch 
   
2. 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"
   touch  sense of touch  skin senses  touch modality  cutaneous senses 
   
3. 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  touch sensation  tactual sensation  tactile sensation  feeling 
   
4. a suggestion of some quality
   "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
   touch  trace  ghost 
   
5. a slight but appreciable amount
   "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
   touch  hint  tinge  mite  pinch  jot  speck  soupcon 
   
6. a distinguishing style
   "this room needs a woman's touch"
   touch  signature 
   
7. a slight attack of illness
   "he has a touch of rheumatism"
   touch  spot 
   
8. the act of putting two things together with no space between them
   "at his touch the room filled with lights"
   touch  touching 
   
9. the feel of mechanical action
   "this piano has a wonderful touch"
   touch 
   
10. deftness in handling matters
    "he has a master's touch"
    touch 
    
11. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
    "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
    touch 
    
12. 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"
    touch  touching