touch

touch is a 5-letter English word with 67 senses as transitive verb, adjective, intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 67 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
3. transitive verb. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
4. transitive verb. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
5. transitive verb. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
6. transitive verb. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
7. transitive verb. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
8. transitive verb. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.
9. transitive verb. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
10. transitive verb. To infect; to affect slightly.
11. transitive verb. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
12. transitive verb. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
13. transitive verb. To perform, as a tune; to play.
14. transitive verb. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
15. transitive verb. To harm, afflict, or distress.
16. transitive verb. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
17. transitive verb. To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
18. adjective. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
19. intransitive verb. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
20. intransitive verb. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
21. intransitive verb. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
22. intransitive verb. To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
23. verb. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
24. verb. 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.
25. verb. Act or power of exciting emotion.
26. verb. An emotion or affection.
27. verb. Personal reference or application.
28. verb. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
29. verb. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
30. verb. Feature; lineament; trait.
31. verb. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.
32. verb. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
33. verb. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
34. verb. A slight and brief essay.
35. verb. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
36. verb. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
37. verb. 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.
38. verb. 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.
39. noun. That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
40. noun. A boys' game; tag.
41. noun. the act of putting two things together with no space between them

    "at his touch the room filled with lights"

    Synonyms: touching

42. noun. a distinguishing style

    "this room needs a woman's touch"

    Synonyms: signature

43. noun. the feel of mechanical action

    "this piano has a wonderful touch"

44. noun. deftness in handling matters

    "he has a master's touch"

45. noun. the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

    "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"

46. noun. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

    "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"

    "the surface had a greasy feeling"

    Synonyms: feeling

47. noun. a suggestion of some quality

    "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"

    "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

    Synonyms: ghost, trace

48. noun. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

    "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

49. noun. a communicative interaction

    "the pilot made contact with the base"

    "he got in touch with his colleagues"

    Synonyms: contact

50. noun. the event of something coming in contact with the body

    "he longed for the touch of her hand"

    "the cooling touch of the night air"

    Synonyms: touching

51. noun. a slight but appreciable amount

    "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

    Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge

52. noun. a slight attack of illness

    "he has a touch of rheumatism"

    Synonyms: spot

53. verb. have an effect upon

    "Will the new rules affect me?"

    Synonyms: affect, impact

54. verb. color lightly

    "her greying hair was tinged blond"

    "the leaves were tinged red in November"

    Synonyms: tinct, tinge, tint

55. verb. comprehend

    "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"

56. verb. make a more or less disguised reference to

    "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"

    Synonyms: advert, allude

57. verb. consume

    "She didn't touch her food all night"

    Synonyms: partake

58. verb. be in direct physical contact with; make contact

    "The two buildings touch"

    "Their hands touched"

    Synonyms: adjoin, contact, meet

59. verb. make physical contact with, come in contact with

    "Touch the stone for good luck"

    "She never touched her husband"

60. verb. cause to be in brief contact with

    "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"

61. verb. tamper with

    "Don't touch my CDs!"

    Synonyms: disturb

62. verb. affect emotionally

    "A stirring movie"

    "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

    Synonyms: stir

63. verb. perceive via the tactile sense

    "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"

64. verb. deal with; usually used with a form of negation

    "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"

    "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"

65. verb. be equal to in quality or ability

    "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"

    "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"

    Synonyms: equal, match, rival

66. verb. be relevant to

    "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"

    "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

    Synonyms: concern, pertain, refer, relate

67. verb. to extend as far as "The chair must not touch the wall"

    "The sunlight reached the wall"

    "Can he reach?"

    Synonyms: reach

Synonyms

touching, signature, feeling, ghost, trace, contact, hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, spot, affect, impact, tinct, tint, advert, allude, partake, adjoin, meet, disturb

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in touch:

chout, couth, thuoc

Common word forms

touched, toucher, touches, touching, touchous, touchable, touchless

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