touched Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb make physical contact with, come in contact with
touch.
- Touch the stone for good luck
- She never touched her husband
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verb perceive via the tactile sense
touch.
- Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her
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verb affect emotionally
touch; stir.
- A stirring movie
- I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
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verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
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verb be in direct physical contact with; make contact
touch; meet; contact; adjoin.
- The two buildings touch
- Their hands touched
- The wire must not contact the metal cover
- The surfaces contact at this point
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verb have an effect upon
impact; touch on; bear upon; bear on; touch; affect.
- Will the new rules affect me?
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verb deal with; usually used with a form of negation
touch.
- I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole
- The local Mafia won't touch gambling
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verb cause to be in brief contact with
touch.
- He touched his toes to the horse's flanks
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verb to extend as far as
touch; reach; extend to.
- The sunlight reached the wall
- Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall
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verb be equal to in quality or ability
touch; rival; equal; match.
- 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
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verb tamper with
touch; disturb.
- Don't touch my CDs!
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verb make a more or less disguised reference to
touch; allude; advert.
- He alluded to the problem but did not mention it
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verb comprehend
touch.
- He could not touch the meaning of the poem
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verb consume
touch; partake.
- She didn't touch her food all night
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verb color lightly
touch; tinct; tint; tinge.
- her greying hair was tinged blond
- the leaves were tinged red in November
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adjective having come into contact
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adjective being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
affected; stirred; moved.
- too moved to speak
- very touched by the stranger's kindness
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adjective satellite slightly insane
fey.