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dye with a color

tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"

a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful touch"

deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"

the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"

comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"

consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"

make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"

cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"

perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"

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"

have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

dye with a color

tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"

a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful touch"

deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"

the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from.

A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.

An act of borrowing or stealing.

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.

To perceive by the sense of feeling.

To come to; to reach; to attain to.

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

To relate to; to concern; to affect.

To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.

To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.

To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

To infect; to affect slightly.

To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

To perform, as a tune; to play.

To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

To harm, afflict, or distress.

To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.

To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

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.

Act or power of exciting emotion.

An emotion or affection.

Personal reference or application.

A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Feature; lineament; trait.

The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.

A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

A slight and brief essay.

A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.

Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

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.

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.

That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.

A boys' game; tag.

To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; - rarely used except in the past participle.

To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; - often with on or upon.

To compare with; of be equal to; - usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.

Tallow; - a plumber's term.

To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from.

A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.

An act of borrowing or stealing.

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.

To perceive by the sense of feeling.

To come to; to reach; to attain to.

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

To relate to; to concern; to affect.

To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.

To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.

To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

To infect; to affect slightly.

To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

To perform, as a tune; to play.

To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

To harm, afflict, or distress.

To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.

To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

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.

Act or power of exciting emotion.

An emotion or affection.

Personal reference or application.

A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Feature; lineament; trait.

The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.

A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

A slight and brief essay.

A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.

Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

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.

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.

That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.

A boys' game; tag.

To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; - rarely used except in the past participle.

To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; - often with on or upon.

To compare with; of be equal to; - usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.

Tallow; - a plumber's term.

To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.

Sensation or perception by which contact with objects, animate or inanimate, gives evidence as to certain qualities or characteristics.

To come in contact with; as, to touch something with the hand; to perceive or know by feeling; to handle slightly; to concern; to refer to in a light manner; as in conversation, to touch a subject briefly; add a light stroke to; reach; affect the senses or feelings of; as, an act of kindness will touch a person; meddle with; disturb; injure or hurt; to affect to a slight extent; as, plants touched by frost.

To be in contact; as, the two forms touch; to speak of a subject lightly; with on or upon; as, in the course of his talk, he touched upon the gravity of such an offense; to call at a port; with at.

The act or state of coming or being in contact; contact; sense of feeling; sensation; the manner of action of the hand, as on a musical instrument; as, she has a light touch; the peculiar manner of execution, as of a painting, etc.; as, the touch of an expert; a single stroke on a painting, etc.; close understanding or sympathy; as, in close touch with a friend; a light attack of a disease.

To come in contact with: to perceive by feeling: to reach: to relate to: to handle or treat gently or slightly: to move or soften: to influence.

To be in contact with: to speak of anything slightly.

Act of touching: a movement on a musical instrument: sense of feeling: an affection or emotion: a little: (music) resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.

Contact; sense of feeling; a little; marks of pencil or brush on a picture; manipulation of an artist.

To come into contact with; perceive by feeling; reach to; relate to; influence; affect.

To affect with tender feeling.

To relate to; concern.

To be in contact.

A touching; contact.

The sense that gives the impression of contact.

Any slight effort or effect, as of brush or pen.

Accord; sympathy.

The sense by which contact gives evidence as to their qualities; tactile sense.

Palpation with the finger.

The act, sense, or function of judging of the presence or character of external objects by means of direct contact with some part of the skin.

n. Act of touching ; meeting of two bodies ; superficial junction ; contact ;-the sense of feeling or common sensation, one of the five senses;- act of handling; examination by a stone or other standard: test;-proof; tried and ascertained quality or worth ;-a single stroke on a drawing or picture ; -feature; lineament:-a small quantity intermixed; a little ;-a hint ; suggestion hence, a slight effort or essay;-power of exciting the affections;-personal reference or application ; hit ;-animadversion ; censure;-in music, the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the pressure of the fingers ;-also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a pianoforte; individual style of execution.