EGAVE

touch

About 35.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    I touched his face softly.
  2. verb To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    I touched his face softly.
  3. verb To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
    Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.
  4. verb To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
    They stood next to each other, their shoulders touching.
  5. verb To make physical contact with a thing.
    Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?
  6. verb To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
    If you touch her, I'll kill you.
  7. verb To make intimate physical contact with a person.
    The man was arrested for touching a girl without her consent.
  8. verb To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
    Her parents had caught her touching herself when she was fifteen.

Similar words

contact touch on reach meet affect impact stir feeling pinch concern

Often followed by

with of the and it on her him me

Word family

a touch in touch lose touch loses touch losing touch lost touch out of touch touchable touched toucher

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