touch

1. v. t. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on. Source: opted

2. v. t. To perceive by the sense of feeling. Source: opted

3. v. t. To come to; to reach; to attain to. Source: opted

4. v. t. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. Source: opted

5. v. t. To relate to; to concern; to affect. Source: opted

6. v. t. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of. Source: opted

7. v. t. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books. Source: opted

8. v. t. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften. Source: opted

9. v. t. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush. Source: opted

10. v. t. To infect; to affect slightly. Source: opted

11. v. t. To make an impression on; to have effect upon. Source: opted

12. v. t. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music. Source: opted

13. v. t. To perform, as a tune; to play. Source: opted

14. v. t. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. Source: opted

15. v. t. To harm, afflict, or distress. Source: opted

16. v. t. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle. Source: opted

17. v. t. To be tangent to. See Tangent, a. Source: opted

18. a. To lay a hand upon for curing disease. Source: opted

19. v. i. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. Source: opted

20. v. i. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. Source: opted

21. v. i. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon. Source: opted

22. v. i. To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. Source: opted

23. v. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact. Source: opted

24. v. The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile. Source: opted

25. v. Act or power of exciting emotion. Source: opted

26. v. An emotion or affection. Source: opted

27. v. Personal reference or application. Source: opted

28. v. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof. Source: opted

29. v. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture. Source: opted

30. v. Feature; lineament; trait. Source: opted

31. v. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes. Source: opted

32. v. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash. Source: opted

33. v. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice. Source: opted

34. v. A slight and brief essay. Source: opted

35. v. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone. Source: opted

36. v. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality. Source: opted

37. v. The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch. Source: opted

38. v. The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), 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. Source: opted

39. n. That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side. Source: opted

40. n. A boys' game; tag. Source: opted

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