touching

(noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body. Synonyms: touch. Examples: "He longed for the touch of her hand." "The cooling touch of the night air."

(noun) the act of putting two things together with no space between them. Synonyms: touch. Example: "At his touch the room filled with lights."

(verb) make physical contact with, come in contact with. Synonyms: touch. Examples: "Touch the stone for good luck." "She never touched her husband."

(verb) perceive via the tactile sense. Synonyms: touch. Example: "Helen keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her."

(verb) affect emotionally. Synonyms: touch, stir. Examples: "A stirring movie." "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy."

(verb) be relevant to. Synonyms: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with. Examples: "There were lots of questions referring to her talk." "My remark pertained to your earlier comments."

(verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact. Synonyms: touch, adjoin, meet, contact. Examples: "The two buildings touch." "Their hands touched." "The wire must not contact the metal cover." "The surfaces contact at this point."

(verb) have an effect upon. Synonyms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch. Example: "Will the new rules affect me?."

(verb) deal with; usually used with a form of negation. Synonyms: touch. Examples: "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole." "The local mafia won't touch gambling."

(verb) cause to be in brief contact with. Synonyms: touch. Example: "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks."

(verb) to extend as far as. Synonyms: reach, extend to, touch. Examples: "The sunlight reached the wall." "Can he reach?" "the chair must not touch the wall."

(verb) be equal to in quality or ability. Synonyms: equal, touch, rival, match. Examples: "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."

(verb) tamper with. Synonyms: touch, disturb. Example: "Don't touch my cds!."

(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to. Synonyms: allude, touch, advert. Example: "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it."

(verb) comprehend. Synonyms: touch. Example: "He could not touch the meaning of the poem."

(verb) consume. Synonyms: partake, touch. Example: "She didn't touch her food all night."

(verb) color lightly. Synonyms: tint, tinct, tinge, touch. Examples: "Her greying hair was tinged blond." "The leaves were tinged red in november."

(adj) arousing affect. Synonyms: affecting, poignant. Examples: "The homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene." "Poignant grief cannot endure forever." "His gratitude was simple and touching."