touch

  • 71touch on — verb 1. refer to or discuss briefly (Freq. 4) • Hypernyms: ↑mention, ↑advert, ↑bring up, ↑cite, ↑name, ↑refer • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 72touch — 1. verb 1) his feet touched the floor Syn: contact, meet, brush, graze, come up against, be in contact with, border, abut 2) he touched her cheek Syn: feel, pat, tap …

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  • 73touch up — verb alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance (Freq. 1) This photograph has been retouched! • Syn: ↑retouch • Topics: ↑photography, ↑picture taking • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 74touch on — phrasal verb touch on or touch upon [transitive] Word forms touch on : present tense I/you/we/they touch on he/she/it touches on present participle touching on past tense touched on past participle touched on touch on something to mention… …

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  • 75touch — 1. The sense by which slight contact with the skin or mucous membrane is appreciated. SYN: tactile sense. 2. Digital examination. [Fr. toucher] royal t. a touching of a patient by the king, which was thought to be cu …

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  • 76touch — Synonyms and related words: ESP, Roman candle, ability, abut, access, adjoin, adroitness, affect, aid to navigation, alarm, alight, allegory, allude to, allusion, amber light, amount to, answer, answer to, appertain to, apply, apply to, apprehend …

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  • 77touch — v 1. feel, finger, thumb, palm; hold, pick up, handle, manipulate, twiddle, trifle with, play with; palpate, poke around in; examine or investigate or study with the hands, stroke, caress, pet, fondle, paw, Sl. feel up, Yiddish. glet; massage,… …

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  • 78touch —    1. (of a male) to copulate with    And not of the female, despite the mutuality of the transaction. Still some dialect use:     ... you have touch d his queen Forbiddenly... (Shakespeare, The Winter s Tale)    Grose has touch up in the same… …

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  • 79touch up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms touch up : present tense I/you/we/they touch up he/she/it touches up present participle touching up past tense touched up past participle touched up 1) a) to make a surface look better with small improvements… …

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  • 80touch — See: COMMON TOUCH, IN TOUCH, LOSE TOUCH, OUT OF TOUCH …

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