touch

  • 61touch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. feel (see touch); contact; reach, equal, attain; pertain to, relate to; affect, move; tinge, imbue; slang, borrow from. See arrival, sensibility, relation, mixture, borrowing. touch up II …

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  • 62touch — verb 1》 come into or be in contact with.     ↘come or bring into mutual contact.     ↘bring one s hand or another part of one s body into contact with.     ↘strike (a ball) lightly in a specified direction. 2》 harm or interfere with.     ↘[usu.… …

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  • 63touch — The best buying and selling prices available from a market maker on SEAQ and SEAQ International in a given security at any one time. Exchange Handbook Glossary The best buying and selling prices available on SETS or from a market maker on SEAQ or …

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  • 64touch — 1. verb 1) his shoes were touching the end of the bed Syn: be in contact with, come into contact with, meet, join, connect with, converge with, be contiguous with, be against 2) he touched her cheek Syn: press lightly, tap …

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  • 65touch — [[t]tʌtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) phl to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) so as to feel it 2) to bring (the hand, finger, etc., or something held) into contact with something: She touched a match to the papers[/ex] 3) to pat… …

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  • 66touch-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: touch up 1. : an act or instance of touching up : retouch 2. : flick, hint * * * /tuch up /, n …

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  • 67Touch — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Sensation of pressure. < N PARAG:Touch >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 touch touch Sgm: N 1 tact tact taction tactility Sgm: N 1 feeling feeling Sgm: N 1 palpation palpation palpability Sgm …

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  • 68Touch — Hauch (von); Schleier; Quäntchen; Spur; Anflug * * * Touch 〈[ tʌ̣tʃ] m. 6〉 Anflug, Hauch, besondere Note ● mit dem Touch eines Weltmannes; einen besonderen Touch haben [engl., „Berührung“] * * * Touch [tat̮ʃ], der; s, s [engl. touch, zu: to touch …

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  • 69touch — {{11}}touch (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. touche a touching, from touchier (see TOUCH (Cf. touch) (v.)). Meaning slight attack (of an illness, etc.) is recorded from 1660s. Sense of skill or aptitude in some topic is first recorded 1927. Soft touch… …

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  • 70touch — 1. n. a likely target for begging; someone who is asked for a loan. (See also soft touch.) □ He was just the kind of touch we were looking for, not too bright and not too poor. □ The touch looked around him and gave the stiff two bits. 2. n. a… …

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