Touch
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Touch
Verb
- Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"I touched his face softly."
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"I touched his face softly."
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
"Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground."
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
"They stood next to each other, their shoulders touching."
- To make physical contact with a thing.
"Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?"
Noun
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
"Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder."
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
"With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk."
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
"He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch."
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
"a heavy touch, or a light touch"
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
"Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer."