English-Thai Dictionary
touch
N การติดต่อสื่อสาร kan-tid-tor-sue-san
touch
N การสัมผัส การ แตะต้อง kan-sam-pad
touch
N ความรู้สึก การสัมผัส kwam-ru-suek
touch
N จำนวน เล็กน้อย jam-nuan-lek-noi
touch
N รายละเอียด rai-la-iad
touch
VI นำ สิ่งของ มา ให้ สัมผัส กัน nam-sing-kong-ma-hai-sam-pad-kan
touch
VI สัมผัส แตะ จับ rub pat nudge finger sam-pad
touch
VT กด เบาๆ kod-bao-bao
touch
VT นำ สิ่งของ มา ให้ สัมผัส กัน nam-sing-kong-ma-hai-sam-pad-kan
touch
VT มีอิทธิพล มีผลกระทบ me-id-ti-pon
touch
VT สัมผัส แตะ จับ rub pat nudge finger sam-pad
touch
VT เกี่ยวข้อง เกี่ยวพัน เกี่ยวข้อง ด้วย kiao-kong
touch
VT ใช้ หรือ กิน chai-rue-kin
touch a sore point
IDM พาดพิง ใน เรื่อง ที่ คนอื่น ไม่ ชอบ pad-ping-nai-ruang-ti-kon-uen-mai-chob
touch a sore spot
IDM พาดพิง ใน เรื่อง ที่ คนอื่น ไม่ ชอบ pad-ping-nai-ruang-ti-kon-uen-mai-chob
touch-and-go
IDM ไม่แน่ นอน วิกฤติ mai-nean-non
touch-type
VI พิมพ์สัมผัส พิมพ์ดีด โดย ไม่ มอง ที่ แป้นพิมพ์ pim-sam-pad
touchdown
N การ ลง สู่ พื้น ของ เครื่องบิน arrival touching down kan-long-su-puan-kong-krueng-bin
touchdown
N การ ได้6คะแนน เพราะ ครอง บอล เข้า ประตู คู่ต่อสู้ ได้ (กีฬา อเมริกันฟุตบอล goal score six points maker ka-dai-6-ka-nean-prow-krong-bon
touched
ADJ ที่ ถูก เจือ ด้วย สิ่ง อื่น เล็กน้อย ti-tuk-juea-duai-sing-uen-lek-noi
touched
ADJ ประทับใจ ซาบซึ้ง จับใจ moved impressed pra-tab-jai
touched (in the head)
IDM บ้า ba
touchhole
N รู ชนวน สำหรับ จุด ดินปืน สมัยก่อน
touching
ADJ ที่ สามารถ กระตุ้น อารมณ์ ti-sa-mad-kra-tuan-ar-rom
touching
PREP เกี่ยวกับ เกี่ยวข้องกับ regarding in regard to in reference to kiao-kab
touchingly
ADV อย่าง ซาบซึ้ง อย่าง ประทับใจ อย่าง จับใจ yang-sab-sung
touchmenot
N พืช ไม้ดอก สี ขาว จำพวก หนึ่ง
touchstone
N มาตรฐาน ของ การ ทดสอบ standard test mad-ta-ta-kan-tod-sob
touchwood
N ไม้ ซึ่ง ติดไฟ ง่าย tinder mai-sueng-tid-fai-ngai
touchy
ADJ กระตุ้น ได้ ง่าย ด้วย การสัมผัส kra-tuan-dai-ngai-duai-kan-sam-pad
touchy
ADJ ที่ โกรธ ง่าย ฉุนเฉียว ง่าย irritable sensitive ti-koed-ngai
touchy
ADJ ลุกไหม้ ง่าย flammable luk-mai-ngai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TOUCH
v.t.tuch. [L. tango, originally tago, [our vulgar tag. ] pret. tetigi, pp. tactus. ] 1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike against.
He touched the hollow of his thigh. Genesis 32:25; Matthew 9:2 .
Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter. Esther 5:2.
2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
Nothing but body can be touch'd or touch.
3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
The god vindictive doom'd them never more,
Ah men unbless'd! to touch that natal shore.
4. To try, as gold with a stone.
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed--
5. To relate to; to concern.
The quarrel toucheth none but thee alone.
[This sense is now nearly obsolete. ]
6. To handle slightly.
7. To meddle with. I have not touched the books.
8. To affect.
What of sweet
Hath touch'd my sense, flat seems to this.
9. To move; to soften; to melt.
The tender sire was touch'd with what he said.
1 . To mark or delineate slightly.
The lines, though touch'd but faintly--
11. To infect; as men touched with pestilent diseases. [Little used. ]
12. To make an impression on.
Its face must be--so hard that the file will not touch it.
13. To strike, as an instrument of music; to play on.
They touch'd their golden harps.
14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
No decree of mine,
To touch with lightest moment of impulse
His free will.
15. To treat slightly. In his discourse, he barely touched upon the subject deemed the most interesting.
16. To afflict or distress. Genesis 26:11.
To touch up, to repair; or to improve by slight touches or emendations.
To touch the wind, in seamen's language, is to keep the ship as near the wind as possible.
TOUCH
v.i.tuch. To be in contact with; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between. Two spheres touch only at points. 1. To fasten on; to take effect on.
Strong waters will touch upon gold, that will not touch silver.
2. To treat of slightly in discourse.
To touch at, to come or go to, without stay.
The ship touched at Lisbon.
The next day we touched at Sidon. Acts 27:3. touch on or upon, to mention slightly.
If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they have immediately quitted it.
1. In the sense of touch at. [Little used. ]
TOUCH
n.tuch. Contact; the hitting of two bodies; the junction of two bodies at the surface, so that there is no space between them. The mimosa shrinks at the slightest touch. 1. The sense of feeling; one of the five senses. We say, a thing is cold or warm to the touch; silk is soft to the touch.
The spider's touch how exquisitely fine!
2. The act of touching. The touch of cold water made him shrink.
3. The state of being touched.
--That never touch was welcome to thy hand
Unless I touch'd.
4. Examination by a stone.
5. Test; that by which any thing is examined.
Equity, the true touch of all laws.
6. Proof; tried qualities.
My friends of noble touch.
7. Single act of a pencil on a picture.
Never give the least touch with your pencil, till you have well examined your design.
8. Feature; lineament.
Of many faces, eyes and hearts,
To have the touches dearest priz'd.
9. Act of the hand on a musical instrument.
Soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
1 . Power of exciting the affections.
Not alone
The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches,
Do strongly speak t'us.
11. Something of passion of affection.
He both makes intercession to God for sinners, and exercises dominion over all men, with a true, natural and sensible touch of mercy.
12. Particular application of any thing to a person.
Speech of touch towards others should be sparingly used.
13. A stroke; as a touch of raillery; a satiric touch.
14. Animadversion; censure; reproof.
I never bore any touch of conscience with greater regret.
15. Exact performance of agreement.
I keep touch with my promise.
16. A small quantity intermixed.
Madam, I have a touch of your condition.
17. A hint; suggestion; slight notice.
A small touch will put him in mind of them.
18. A cant word for a slight essay.
Print my preface in such forms, in the bookseller's phrase, will make a sixpenny touch. [Not in use. ]
19. In music, the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as a heavy touch, or light touch.
2 . In music, an organ is said to have a good touch or stop, when the keys close well.
21. In ship-building, touch is the broadest part of a plank worked top and butt; or the middle of a plank worked anchor-stock fashion; also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
TOUCHABLE
a.tuch'able. That may be touched; tangible.
TOUCH-HOLE
n.tuch'-hole. [touch and hole. ] The vent of a cannon or other species of fire-arms, by which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge. It is now called the vent.
TOUCHINESS
n.tuch'iness. [from touchy. ] Peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
TOUCHING
ppr. tuch'ing. Coming on contact with; hitting; striking; affecting. 1. Concerning; relating to; with respect to.
Now as touching things offered to idols-- 1 Corinthians 8:1.
2. a. Affecting; moving; pathetic.
TOUCHING
n.tuch'ing. Touch; the sense of feeling.
TOUCHINGLY
adv. tuch'ingly. In a manner to move the passions; feelingly.
TOUCH-ME-NOT
n.A plant of the genus Impatiens, and another of the genus Momordica.
TOUCH-NEEDLE
n.tuch'-needle. [touch and needle. ] Touch-needles are small bars of gold, silver and copper, each pure and in all proportions, prepared for trying gold and silver by the touchstone, by comparison with the mark they leave upon it.
TOUCHSTONE
n.tuch'stone. [touch and stone. ] 1. A stone by which metals are examined; a black, smooth, glossy stone. The touchstone of the ancients was called lapis Lydius, from Lydia in Asia Minor, where it was found.
2. Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried; as money, the touchstone of common honesty.
Irish touchstone, is the basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's causey. This is said also to be an excellent touchstone.
TOUCH-WOOD
n.tuch'-wood. [touch and wood. ] Decayed wood, used like a match for taking fire from a spark.
TOUCHY
a.tuch'y. [vulgarly techy. ] Peevish; irritable; irascible; apt to take fire. [Not elegant. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TOUCH
Touch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Touched; p. pr. & vb. n. Touching. ] Etym: [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen, akin to E. tug. See Tuck, v. t., Tug, and cf. Tocsin, Toccata. ]
1. 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. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.
2. To perceive by the sense of feeling. Nothing but body can be touched or touch. Greech.
3. To come to; to reach; to attain to. The god, vindictive, doomed them never more-Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. Pope.
4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs. ] Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. Shak.
5. To relate to; to concern; to affect. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. Shak.
6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of. Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books. Pope.
8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften. What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh. Milton. The tender sire was touched with what he said. Addison.
9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush. The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. Pope.
1 . To infect; to affect slightly. Bacon.
11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon. Its face. .. so hard that a file will not touch it. Moxon.
12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music. [They ] touched their golden harps. Milton.
13. To perform, as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.
14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. " No decree of mine, ... [to ] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will, " Milton.
15. To harm, afflict, or distress. Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. Gen. xxvi. 28, 29.
16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle. She feared his head was a little touched. Ld. Lytton.
17. (Geom.)
Defn: To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease. To touch a sail (Naut. ), to bring it so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. -- To touch the wind (Naut. ), to keep the ship as near the wind as possible. -- To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or emendation.
TOUCH
TOUCH Touch, v. i.
1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. Johnson.
2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver. Bacon.
3. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon. If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately quitted it. Addison.
4. (Naut )
Defn: To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. To touch and go (Naut. ), to touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion. -- To touch at, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the ship touched at Lisbon. -- To touch on or upon, to come or go to for a short time. [R.] I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts. Addison.
TOUCH
Touch, n. Etym: [Cf. F. touche. See Touch, v. ]
1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact. Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting. Shak.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine. Pope.
Note: Pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more or less combined with them. The organs of touch are found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain underlying nervous structures.
3. Act or power of exciting emotion. Not alone The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, Do strongly speak to us. Shak.
4. An emotion or affection. A true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy. Hooker.
5. Personal reference or application. [Obs. ] Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used. Bacon.
6. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof. I never bare any touch of conscience with greater regret. Eikon Basilike.
7. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture. Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design. Dryden.
8. Feature; lineament; trait. Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches dearest prized. Shak.
9. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes. Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Shak.
1 . A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash. Eyes La touch of Sir Peter Lely in them. Hazlitt. Madam, I have a touch of your condition. Shak.
11. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice. A small touch will put him in mind of them. Bacon.
12. A slight and brief essay. [Colloq. ] Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch. Swift.
13. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone. [Obs. ] " Now do I play the touch. " Shak. A neat new monument of touch and alabaster. Fuller.
14. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality. Equity, the true touch of all laws. Carew. Friends of noble touch. Shak.
15. (Mus. )
Defn: 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.
16. (Shipbilding )
Defn: 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. J. Knowles.
17. (Football )
Defn: That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side. Encyc. of Rural Sports.
18. A boys' game; tag. In touch (Football ), outside of bounds. T. Hughes. -- To be in touch, to be in contact, or in sympathy. -- To keep touch. (a ) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs. ]; hence, to fulfill duly a function. My mind and senses keep touch and time. Sir W. Scott. (b ) To keep in contact; to maintain connection or sympathy; -with with or of. -- Touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape. -- True as touch (i.e., touchstone ), quite true. [Obs. ]
TOUCHABLE
TOUCHABLE Touch "a *ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being touched; tangible. -- Touch "a *ble *ness, n.
TOUCHBACK
TOUCHBACK Touch "back `, n. (G )
Defn: The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
TOUCH-BOX
TOUCH-BOX Touch "-box `, n.
Defn: A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
TOUCHDOWN
TOUCHDOWN Touch "down `, n. (Football )
Defn: The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal. Safety touchdown. See under Safety.
TOUCHHOLE
TOUCHHOLE Touch "hole `, n.
Defn: The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.
TOUCHILY
TOUCHILY Touch "i *ly, adv.
Defn: In a touchy manner.
TOUCHINESS
TOUCHINESS Touch "i *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
TOUCHING
TOUCHING Touch "ing, a.
Defn: Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. -- Touch "ing *ly, adv.
TOUCHING
TOUCHING Touch "ing, prep.
Defn: Concerning; with respect to. Now, as touching things offered unto idols. 1 Cor. viii. 1.
TOUCHING
TOUCHING Touch "ing, n.
Defn: The sense or act of feeling; touch.
TOUCH-ME-NOT
TOUCH-ME-NOT Touch "-me-not `, n. (Bot. )(a ) See Impatiens. (b ) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
TOUCH-NEEDLE
TOUCH-NEEDLE Touch "-nee `dle, n. (Metal. )
Defn: A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
TOUCH-PAPER
TOUCH-PAPER Touch "-pa `per, n.
Defn: Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
TOUCHSTONE
TOUCHSTONE Touch "stone `, n.
1. (Min. )
Defn: Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
2. Fig. :
Defn: Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried. Hooker. The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits. South. Irish touchstone (Min. ), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.
TOUCHWOOD
Touch "wood `, n. Etym: [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin ) + wood. ]
1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
TOUCHY
Touch "y, a. Etym: [For techy, tetchy. ]
Defn: Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq. ] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury.
New American Oxford Dictionary
touch
touch |təCH tətʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 come so close to (an object ) as to be or come into contact with it: the dog had one paw outstretched, not quite touching the ground. • bring one's hand or another part of one's body into contact with: he touched a strand of her hair | she lowered her head to touch his fingers with her lips. • come or bring into mutual contact: [ no obj. ] : for a moment their fingers touched | [ with obj. ] : we touched wheels and nearly came off the road. • Geometry be tangent to (a curve or surface ) at a certain point. • informal reach (a specified level or amount ): sales touched twenty grand last year. • [ usu. with negative ] informal be comparable to in quality or excellence: there's no one who can touch him at lightweight judo. 2 handle in order to manipulate, alter, or otherwise affect, esp. in an adverse way: I didn't play her records or touch any of her stuff. • cause harm to (someone ): I've got friends who'll pull strings —nobody will dare touch me. • consume or use (food, drink, money, etc. ): the beer by his right hand was hardly touched | in three years I haven't touched a cent of the money. • [ with negative ] used to indicate that something is avoided or rejected: he was good only for the jobs that nobody else would touch. • (touch someone for ) informal ask someone for (money or some other commodity ) as a loan or gift: he touched me for his fare. 3 have an effect on; make a difference to: a tenth of state companies have been touched by privatization. • (of a quality or expression ) be or become visible or apparent in: a wry smile touched his lips | the voice was touched by hysteria. • (touch something in ) chiefly Art lightly mark in features or other details with a brush or pencil. • produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in: she was touched by her friend's loyalty. • (as adj. touched ) informal slightly insane. ▶noun 1 an act of touching someone or something: her touch on his shoulder was hesitant | expressions of love through words and touch | you can manipulate images on the screen at the touch of a key. • the faculty of perception through physical contact, esp. with the fingers: reading by touch. • a musician's manner of playing keys or strings. • the manner in which a musical instrument's keys or strings respond to being played: Viennese instruments with their too delicate touch. • a light stroke with a pen, pencil, etc. • [ in sing. ] informal, dated an act of asking for and getting money or some other commodity from someone as a loan or gift: I only tolerated him because he was good for a touch now and then. • [ in sing. ] archaic a thing or an action that tries out the worth or character of something; a test: you must put your fate to the touch . 2 a small amount; a trace: add a touch of vinegar | he retired to bed with a touch of the flu. • a detail or feature, typically one that gives something a distinctive character: the film's most inventive touch. • [ in sing. ] a distinctive manner or method of dealing with something: later he showed a surer political touch. • [ in sing. ] an ability to deal with something successfully: getting caught looks so incompetent, as though we're losing our touch. 3 Bell-ringing a series of changes shorter than a peal. 4 short for touch football. PHRASES a touch to a slight degree; a little: the water was a touch too chilly for us. in touch 1 in or into communication: she said that you kept in touch, that you wrote | ask someone to put you in touch with other suppliers. 2 possessing up-to-date knowledge: we need to keep in touch with the latest developments. • having an intuitive or empathetic awareness: you need to be in touch with your feelings. lose touch 1 cease to correspond or be in communication: I lost touch with him when he joined the air force. 2 cease to be aware or informed: we cannot lose touch with political reality. out of touch lacking knowledge or information concerning current events and developments: he seems surprisingly out of touch with recent economic thinking. • lacking in awareness or sympathy: we have been betrayed by a government out of touch with our values. to the touch used to describe the qualities of something perceived by touching it or the sensations felt by someone who is touched: the silk was slightly rough to the touch | the ankle was swollen and painful to the touch. touch base ( with ) see base 1. touch bottom reach the bottom of a body of water with one's feet or a pole. • be at the lowest or worst point: the housing market has touched bottom. touch a chord see chord 2. touch wood see wood. would not touch something with a ten-foot pole informal used to express a refusal to have anything to do with someone or something: relax, I wouldn't touch you with a ten-foot pole! PHRASAL VERBS touch at (of a ship or someone in it ) call briefly at (a port ). touch down (of an aircraft or spacecraft ) make contact with the ground in landing. touch something off cause something to ignite or explode by touching it with a match. • cause something to happen, esp. suddenly: there was concern that the move could touch off a trade war. touch on (or upon ) 1 deal briefly with (a subject ) in written or spoken discussion: he touches upon several themes from the last chapter. 2 come near to being: a self-confident manner touching on the arrogant. touch something up make small improvements to something: these paints are handy for touching up small areas on walls or ceilings. DERIVATIVES touch a ble adjective, touch er noun ORIGIN Middle English: the verb from Old French tochier, probably from a Romance word of imitative origin; the noun originally from Old French touche, later (in certain senses ) directly from the verb.
touch and go
touch and go ▶adjective (also touch-and-go ) (of an outcome, esp. one that is desired ) possible but very uncertain: it was touch and go there for a while whether they would make it. ▶noun (touch-and-go ) ( pl. touch-and-goes ) a maneuver in which an aircraft touches the ground as in landing, and immediately takes off again.
touchback
touch back |ˈtəCHˌbak ˈtətʃˌbæk | ▶noun Football a ball one downs deliberately behind one's own goal line or that is kicked through one's end zone. It is taken to the 20 -yard line to resume play.
touchdown
touch down |ˈtəCHˌdoun ˈtətʃˌdaʊn | ▶noun 1 the moment at which an aircraft's wheels or part of a spacecraft make contact with the ground during landing: two hours until touchdown. 2 Football a six-point score made by carrying or passing the ball into the end zone of the opposing side, or by recovering it there following a fumble or blocked kick. • Rugby an act of touching the ground with the ball behind the opponents' goal line, scoring a try.
touché
tou ché |to͞oˈSHā tuˈʃeɪ | ▶exclam. (in fencing ) used as an acknowledgment of a hit by one's opponent. • used as an acknowledgment during a discussion of a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person. ORIGIN French, literally ‘touched, ’ past participle of toucher .
touch football
touch foot ball |tətʃ ˈfʊtˌbɔl | ▶noun a form of football in which a ball carrier is downed by touching instead of tackling.
touchhole
touch hole |ˈtəCHˌhōl ˈtətʃˌhoʊl | ▶noun a small hole in early firearms through which the charge is ignited.
touching
touch ing |ˈtəCHiNG tətʃɪŋ | ▶adjective arousing strong feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude: your loyalty is very touching | a touching reconciliation scene. [early 16th cent.: from touch + -ing 2 . ] ▶preposition concerning; about: evidence touching the facts of Roger's case. [late Middle English: from French touchant, present participle of toucher ‘to touch. ’] DERIVATIVES touch ing ly adverb, touch ing ness noun
touch-in-goal
touch-in-goal ▶noun Rugby the area at the corner of the field bounded by continuations of the touchline and the goal line.
touch judge
touch judge ▶noun Rugby a linesman.
touchline
touch line |ˈtəCHˌlīn ˈtətʃˌlaɪn | ▶noun Rugby & Soccer the boundary line on each side of the field.
touch mark
touch mark ▶noun an official mark made by the manufacturer on items made from pewter.
touch-me-not
touch-me-not ▶noun a plant of the balsam family whose ripe seed capsules open explosively when touched, scattering seeds over some distance. [Genus Impatiens, family Balsaminaceae: several species, in particular the orange-flowered spotted touch-me-not (I. capensis ).]
touch needles
touch nee ¦dles ▶plural noun a set of needles of gold or silver alloy of known compositions, used in testing other alloys on a touchstone.
touchpad
touch pad |ˈtəCHˌpad ˈtətʃˌpæd | ▶noun a computer input device in the form of a small panel containing different touch-sensitive areas.
touchpaper
touch |paper |ˈtʌtʃpeɪpə | ▶noun a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, for setting light to fireworks or gunpowder.
touchpoint
touch point |ˈtəCHˌpoint ˈtətʃˌpoɪnt | ▶noun 1 Commerce any point of contact between a buyer and a seller. 2 Computing on some laptop computers, a device like a miniature joystick with a rubber tip, manipulated with a finger to move the screen pointer. 3 a time, condition, or circumstance that is vulnerable or unstable enough to precipitate a highly unfavorable, possibly devastating outcome: a touchpoint for world conflagration. • Psychology the time in a child's development that precedes an appreciable leap in physical, emotional, or cognitive growth. [1990s: from the usage coined in the book Touchpoints (1992 ) by US pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton (1918 –) and US child psychiatrist Joshua D. Sparrow. ]
touch screen
touch screen |ˈtətʃ ˌskrin |(also touchscreen ) ▶noun a display device that allows a user to interact with a computer by touching areas on the screen.
touchstone
touch stone |ˈtəCHˌstōn ˈtətʃˌstoʊn | ▶noun a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark that they made on it. • a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized: they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance.
touch-tone
touch-tone (also Touch-Tone ) ▶adjective (of a telephone ) having push buttons and generating tones to dial rather than pulses. • (of a service ) accessed or controlled by the tones generated by these telephones. ▶noun trademark a telephone of this type. • one of the set of tones generated by these telephones.
touch-type
touch-type |ˈtətʃ ˌtaɪp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun touch-typing ) type using all one's fingers and without looking at the keys. DERIVATIVES touch-typ ist noun
touch-up
touch-up |ˈtətʃ ˌəp | ▶noun a quick restoration or improvement made to the appearance or state of something: the hotels had undergone more than the customary touch-ups and refurbishing.
touchwood
touch wood |ˈtəCHˌwo͝od ˈtətʃˌwʊd | ▶noun archaic readily flammable wood used as tinder, esp. when made soft by fungi.
touchy
touch y |ˈtəCHē ˈtətʃi | ▶adjective ( touchier, touchiest ) (of a person ) oversensitive and irritable. • (of an issue or situation ) requiring careful handling; delicate: the monarchy has become a touchy topic. DERIVATIVES touch i ly |ˈtəCHəlē |adverb, touch i ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch .
touchy-feely
touch y-feel y |ˈfēlē ˌtətʃiˈfili | ▶adjective informal, often derogatory openly expressing affection or other emotions, esp. through physical contact: touchy-feely guys calling home to talk baby talk to their kids. • characteristic of or relating to such behavior: such touchy-feely topics as employees' personal values.
Oxford Dictionary
touch
touch |tʌtʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 come into or be in contact with: he leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor. • bring one's hand or another part of one's body into contact with: he touched a strand of her hair | Andrew touched him on the shoulder. • come or bring into mutual contact: [ no obj. ] : for a moment their fingers touched | [ with obj. ] : we touched wheels and nearly came off the road. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] strike (a ball ) lightly in a specified direction: he touched back a cross-field ball. • Geometry be tangent to (a curve or surface ) at a certain point. 2 handle in order to interfere with, alter, or otherwise affect: I didn't play her records or touch any of her stuff. • cause harm to (someone ): I've got friends who'll pull strings —nobody will dare touch me. • [ usu. with negative ] consume or use (food, drink, money, etc. ): the pint by his right hand was hardly touched | in three years I haven't touched a cent of the money. 3 affect or concern: a tenth of state companies have been touched by privatization. • [ with negative ] have any dealings with: he was good only for the jobs that nobody else would touch. • (of a quality or expression ) be or become visible or apparent in: the voice was touched by hysteria | a wry smile touched his lips. 4 produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in: she was touched by her friend's loyalty. 5 informal reach (a specified level or amount ): sales touched twenty grand last year. • [ usu. with negative ] be comparable to in quality or excellence: there's no one who can touch him at lightweight judo. 6 (touch someone for ) informal ask someone for (money or some other commodity ) as a loan or gift: he touched me for his fare. 7 (touch something in ) chiefly Art lightly mark in features or other details with a brush or pencil. ▶noun 1 an act of touching someone or something: her touch on his shoulder was hesitant | [ mass noun ] : expressions of love through words and touch | [ in sing. ] : manipulate images on the screen at the touch of a key. • [ mass noun ] the faculty of perception through physical contact, especially with the fingers: reading by touch. • [ mass noun ] a musician's manner of playing keys or strings. • [ mass noun ] the manner in which a musical instrument's keys or strings respond to being played: Viennese instruments with their too delicate touch. • a light stroke with a pen, pencil, etc. 2 a small amount; a trace: add a touch of vinegar | he retired to bed with a touch of flu. • a small distinctive detail or feature: the film's most inventive touch. 3 [ in sing. ] a distinctive manner or method of dealing with something: later he showed a surer political touch. • an ability to deal with something successfully: getting caught looks so incompetent, as though we're losing our touch . 4 [ in sing. ] Rugby & Soccer the area beyond the sidelines, out of play: his clearance went directly into touch | figurative : the idea was kicked firmly into touch by the authorities. 5 [ in sing. ] informal, dated an act of asking for and getting a loan or gift from someone: I only tolerated him because he was good for a touch now and then. 6 Bell-ringing a series of changes shorter than a peal. 7 [ in sing. ] archaic a thing that tests the worth or character of something: you must put your fate to the touch . PHRASES a touch to a slight degree; a little: the water was a touch chilly for us. in touch 1 in or into communication: ask someone to put you in touch with other carers | I'm not much of a one for keeping in touch . 2 possessing up-to-date knowledge: we need to keep in touch with the latest developments. • having an intuitive awareness: you need to be in touch with your feelings. lose touch 1 cease to be in communication: I lost touch with him when he joined the Air Force. 2 cease to be aware or informed: we cannot lose touch with political reality. out of touch lacking up-to-date knowledge or information: he seems out of touch with recent economic thinking. • lacking in awareness or sympathy: we have been betrayed by a government out of touch with our values. to the touch when touched: the ankle was swollen and painful to the touch. touch base ( with ) see base 1. touch bottom reach the ground below a stretch of water with one's feet or a pole. • be at the lowest or worst point: the housing market has touched bottom. touch a chord see chord 2. touch of nature a display of human feeling with which others sympathize (based on a misinterpretation of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida iii iii. 169 ). touch of the sun a slight attack of sunstroke. touch wood see wood. would not touch something with a bargepole see bargepole. PHRASAL VERBS touch at (of a ship ) call briefly at (a port ). touch down 1 Rugby touch the ground with the ball behind the opponents' goal line, scoring a try. • American Football score six points by being in possession of the ball behind the opponents' goal line. 2 (of an aircraft or spacecraft ) land. touch something off 1 cause something to ignite or explode by touching it with a lighted match. • cause something to happen suddenly: there was concern that the move could touch off a trade war. 2 (of a racehorse ) defeat another horse in a race by a short margin: Royal Ballerina was touched off by Intrepidity in the English Oaks. touch on (or upon ) 1 deal briefly with (a subject ) in written or spoken discussion: he touches upon several themes from the last chapter. 2 come near to being: a self-confident manner touching on the arrogant. touch someone up Brit. informal caress someone without their consent, for one's own sexual pleasure. touch something up make small improvements to something: these paints are handy for touching up small areas on walls or ceilings. DERIVATIVES touchable adjective ORIGIN Middle English: the verb from Old French tochier, probably from a Romance word of imitative origin; the noun originally from Old French touche, later (in certain senses ) directly from the verb.
touch-and-go
touch-and-go ▶adjective (of an outcome, especially one that is desired ) possible but very uncertain: it was touch-and-go whether she could reach the pram before it overturned. ▶noun ( pl. touch-and-goes ) a manoeuvre in which an aircraft touches the ground as in landing and immediately takes off again.
touchback
touch |back |ˈtʌtʃbak | ▶noun American Football a ball downed behind one's own goal.
touchdown
touch |down |ˈtʌtʃdaʊn | ▶noun 1 the moment at which an aircraft's wheels or part of a spacecraft make contact with the ground during landing: two hours until touchdown. 2 Rugby an act of touching the ground with the ball behind the opponents' goal line, scoring a try. • American Football a six-point score made by carrying or passing the ball into the end zone of the opposing side.
touché
touché |tuːˈʃeɪ | ▶exclamation (in fencing ) used as an acknowledgement of a hit by one's opponent. • used as an acknowledgement during a discussion of a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person. ORIGIN French, literally ‘touched ’, past participle of toucher .
touched
touched |tʌtʃt | ▶adjective 1 feeling gratitude or sympathy; moved: the star said he was ‘very touched ’ to receive his medal. 2 informal slightly mad; crazy: you have to be a little touched to do my job.
toucher
touch ¦er |ˈtʌtʃə | ▶noun a person or thing that touches. • (in bowls ) a wood that touches the jack.
touch football
touch foot |ball ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of American football in which a ball carrier is downed by touching instead of tackling.
touch hole
touch hole ▶noun a small hole in early firearms through which the charge is ignited.
touching
touching |ˈtʌtʃɪŋ | ▶adjective arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude: your loyalty is very touching | a touching reconciliation scene. ▶preposition concerning; about: discoveries touching the neglected traditions of the London Boroughs. DERIVATIVES touchingly adverb, touchingness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a preposition ): from French touchant, present participle of toucher ‘to touch ’; the adjective (early 16th cent. ) is from touch + -ing 2 .
touch-in-goal
touch-in-goal ▶noun Rugby the area at the corner of the field bounded by continuations of the touchline and the goal line.
touch judge
touch judge ▶noun Rugby a linesman.
touchline
touch |line |ˈtʌtʃlʌɪn | ▶noun Rugby & Soccer the boundary line on each side of the field.
touch mark
touch mark ▶noun an official mark made by the manufacturer on items made from pewter.
touch-me-not
touch-me-not |ˈtʌtʃmɪnɒt | ▶noun a plant of the balsam family, whose ripe seed capsules open explosively when touched, scattering seeds over some distance. ●Genus Impatiens, family Balsaminaceae: several species, in particular the yellow balsam (I. noli-tangere ).
touch needles
touch nee ¦dles ▶plural noun a set of needles of gold or silver alloy of known compositions, used in testing other alloys on a touchstone.
touchpad
touch pad ▶noun a computer input device in the form of a small panel containing different touch-sensitive areas.
touchpaper
touch |paper |ˈtʌtʃpeɪpə | ▶noun a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, for setting light to fireworks or gunpowder.
touchpoint
touch point |ˈtəCHˌpoint ˈtətʃˌpoɪnt | ▶noun 1 Commerce any point of contact between a buyer and a seller. 2 Computing on some laptop computers, a device like a miniature joystick with a rubber tip, manipulated with a finger to move the screen pointer. 3 a time, condition, or circumstance that is vulnerable or unstable enough to precipitate a highly unfavorable, possibly devastating outcome: a touchpoint for world conflagration. • Psychology the time in a child's development that precedes an appreciable leap in physical, emotional, or cognitive growth. [1990s: from the usage coined in the book Touchpoints (1992 ) by US pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton (1918 –) and US child psychiatrist Joshua D. Sparrow. ]
touch screen
touch screen ▶noun a display device which allows the user to interact with a computer by touching areas on the screen.
touchstone
touch |stone |ˈtʌtʃstəʊn | ▶noun a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the colour of the mark which they made on it. • a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized: they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance.
touch-tone
touch-tone ▶adjective (of a telephone ) having push-buttons and generating tones to dial rather than pulses. ▶noun trademark a touch-tone telephone. • a tone generated by a touch-tone telephone.
touch-type
touch-type ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun touch-typing ) type using all one's fingers and without looking at the keys. DERIVATIVES touch-typist noun
touch-up
touch-up ▶noun a quick improvement made to the appearance of something: the hotels had undergone more than the customary touch-ups and refurbishing.
touchwood
touch |wood |ˈtʌtʃwʊd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic readily flammable wood used as tinder, especially when made soft by fungi.
touchy
touchy |ˈtʌtʃi | ▶adjective ( touchier, touchiest ) easily upset or offended; oversensitive: she's a little touchy about her age. • (of an issue or situation ) requiring careful handling; delicate: the monarchy has become a touchy topic. DERIVATIVES touchily adverb, touchiness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch .
touchy-feely
touchy-feely ▶adjective informal, often derogatory openly expressing affection or other emotions: touchy-feely guys calling home to talk baby talk to their kids. • characteristic of or relating to the open expression of emotion: such touchy-feely topics as employees' personal values.
American Oxford Thesaurus
touch
touch verb 1 his shoes were touching the end of the bed: be in contact with, come into contact with, meet, join, connect with, converge with, be contiguous with, be against. 2 he touched her cheek: press lightly, tap, pat; feel, stroke, fondle, caress, pet; brush, graze, put a hand to. 3 nobody can touch her when she's on her game: compare with, rival, compete with, come /get close to, be on a par with, equal, match, be a match for, be in the same class /league as, measure up to; better, beat; informal hold a candle to. 4 you're not supposed to touch the computer: handle, hold, pick up, move; meddle with, play about with, fiddle with, interfere with, tamper with, disturb, lay a finger on; use, employ, make use of. 5 people whose lives have been touched by the recession: affect, impact, have an effect on, have an impact on, make a difference to, change. 6 years later she wrote to tell them how much their kindnesses had touched her: affect, move, tug at someone's heartstrings; leave an impression on, have an effect on. ▶noun 1 he felt her touch on his shoulder: tap, pat; stroke, caress; brush, graze; hand. 2 his political touch: skill, skillfulness, expertise, dexterity, deftness, adroitness, adeptness, ability, talent, flair, facility, proficiency, mastery, knack, technique, approach, style. 3 a touch of sadness: trace, bit, grain, hint, suggestion, suspicion, scintilla, tinge, overtone, undertone, note; dash, taste, drop, dab, dribble, pinch, speck, soupçon. 4 the oil lamps are a nice touch: detail, feature, point; addition, accessory. 5 have you been in touch with him? contact, communication, correspondence; connection, association, interaction. PHRASES touch down the plane is expected to touch down in San Juan: land, alight, come down, put down, arrive. touch off the action touched off a string of protests: cause, spark, trigger, start, set in motion, ignite, stir up, provoke, give rise to, lead to, generate, set off. touch on /upon his speech is sure to touch on the subject of school vouchers: refer to, mention, comment on, speak on, remark on, bring up, raise, broach, allude to; cover, deal with. touch something up 1 these paints are handy for touching up small areas: repaint, retouch, patch, fix; renovate, refurbish, revamp. 2 the editor touched up my prose: improve, enhance, make better, refine, give the finishing touches to; informal tweak. WORD LINKS tactile relating to the sense of touch Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
touch-and-go
touch-and-go adjective his recovery is touch-and-go: uncertain, precarious, risky, chancy, hazardous, dangerous, critical, suspenseful, cliffhanging, hanging by a thread; informal dicey. ANTONYMS certain.
touching
touching adjective a touching tribute to their mother: moving, affecting, heartwarming, emotional, emotive, tender, sentimental; poignant, sad, tearjerker, tearjerking.
touchstone
touchstone noun the declaration was considered a touchstone for dissidents in the country: criterion, standard, yardstick, benchmark, barometer, bellwether, litmus test; measure, point of reference, norm, gauge, test, guide, exemplar, model, pattern.
touchy
touchy adjective 1 Arnie can be so touchy: sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin-skinned, high-strung, tense; irritable, dyspeptic, tetchy, testy, crotchety, peevish, waspish, querulous, bad-tempered, petulant, pettish, cranky, fractious, choleric. ANTONYMS affable, good-humored. 2 a touchy subject: delicate, sensitive, tricky, ticklish, thorny, prickly, embarrassing, awkward, difficult; contentious, controversial.
touchy-feely
touchy-feely adjective informal 1 a touchy-feely person: demonstrative, affectionate, tender; informal huggy, huggy-kissy. 2 a touchy-feely political initiative: feel-good, sentimental, softhearted, saccharine; ingratiating, toadying; informal warm and fuzzy.
Oxford Thesaurus
touch
touch verb 1 his shoes were touching the end of the bed: be in contact (with ), come into contact (with ), come together (with ), meet, join, connect, converge (with ), be contiguous (with ), border (on ), be (up ) against, link up (with ), adjoin, abut, neighbour. 2 he reached out and touched her cheek: press lightly, tap, pat, nudge, prod, poke; feel, stroke, rub, rub (up ) against, brush, brush (up ) against, graze; fondle, caress, pet, tickle, toy with, play about with, fiddle with, finger, thumb, handle; put one's hand on, lay a hand on, lay a finger on. 3 in June the government touched its lowest point of popularity: reach, attain, arrive at, come to, make; get up to, rise to, soar to; get down to, sink to, plummet to, dive to; informal hit. 4 nobody can touch him when he's on form: compare with, be on a par with, equal, match, be a match for, be in the same class as, be in the same league as, be on an equal footing with, parallel, rival, come near, get near, approach, come up to, come /get close to, measure up to /against; better, beat; informal hold a candle to. 5 you're not supposed to touch my typewriter: handle, hold, pick up, move; meddle with, play (about /around ) with, toy with, fiddle with, interfere with, tamper with, disturb, harm, lay a hand on, lay a finger on; use, employ, make use of, put to use, have access to, access, avail oneself of, get (at ), take advantage of. 6 normally he wouldn't touch a job as small as this: be associated with, concern oneself with, involve oneself in /with, get involved with /in, have something to do with, have dealings with, deal with, handle, be a party to; informal touch something with a bargepole. 7 he wouldn't touch his food: taste, consume, eat, drink, take, partake of. ANTONYMS refrain from. 8 Germany was comparatively little touched by the Renaissance: affect, have an effect on, concern, involve, have a bearing on, be relevant to, be pertinent to. 9 Lisa felt touched by the girl's unexpected kindness: affect, move, stir, arouse, make /leave an impression on, impress, have an impact on, have an effect on; influence, impassion; upset, disturb, make sad, arouse sympathy, melt, soften; informal get (to ). 10 informal do you think you can touch him for some more money? ask, approach; beg, borrow from. PHRASES touch down his plane touched down at Nice airport: land, alight, come in to land, come down, come to earth, come to rest, put down, make a landing, arrive. ANTONYMS take off. touch something off 1 he touched off two of the bombs: detonate, set off, trigger, explode, spark (off ). 2 the plan touched off a major political storm: initiate, set off, start, begin, set in motion, instigate, ignite, trigger (off ), stir up, provoke, foment, cause, give rise to, lead to, generate, actuate, launch. touch on /upon 1 the exhibition did touch on larger issues: refer to, mention, give a mention to, comment on, remark on, bring up, speak of, talk about, write about, deal with, raise, broach, cover, allude to, make an allusion to, hint at, skim over. 2 a self-confident manner touching on the arrogant: come close to, verge on, border on, incline to, approach, resemble, be tantamount to, be more or less, be not far from /off. touch someone up Brit. informal he was sacked after one of his pupils accused him of touching her up: fondle, molest, feel up; informal grope, paw, maul, goose; N. Amer. informal cop a feel. touch something up 1 the flagstaffs were being touched up with gold paint: repaint, patch up, retouch, renovate, refurbish, spruce up, restore, revive, renew, revamp, brush up, rehabilitate, overhaul, recondition, refresh, rejuvenate; enhance, beautify; informal do something up, give something a facelift, titivate. 2 touch up your CV and improve your interview skills: improve, enhance, gloss, dress up, embellish, embroider; finish off, round off, perfect; update, upgrade; bring up to date, modernize, revamp, revise, redo, polish up, rewrite, edit. touch wood I haven't been caught yet, touch wood! hope for the best; knock on wood, cross one's fingers, keep one's fingers crossed. ▶noun 1 communicating by touch is the most primitive mode: feeling, feel, sense of touch, contact, tactile sense, tactility; texture. 2 I gave her a touch on the shoulder: press, tap, pat, nudge, prod, poke, push, glance, flick; stroke, brush, graze; pressure. 3 she has a lovely touch on the putting greens: skill, skilfulness, expertise, dexterity, deftness, virtuosity, adroitness, adeptness, ability, talent, flair, facility, proficiency; knack, technique, approach, style, manner, execution, method; feel, craftsmanship, workmanship, artistry, performance. 4 she replied with a touch of bravado: small amount, trace, bit, suggestion, suspicion, hint, scintilla, tinge, tincture, whiff, whisper, overtone, undertone, nuance, murmur, colouring, breath, vein; dash, taste, spot, drop, dab, pinch, speck, smack, smattering, sprinkling, splash, soupçon. 5 there were flowers in a vase on the dressing table —a nice touch: detail, feature, fine point, nicety, addition, accessory; (touches ) minutiae. 6 visitors put the severity of the house down to the lack of a woman's touch: influence, effect, hand, handling; direction, management, technique, method. 7 they finished training a few months apart and lost touch | over the next few days I was in touch with Eliot by letter and by phone: contact, communication, correspondence, connection, association; having dealings with, up to date with, abreast of, up with, informed about. WORD LINKS touch tactile, haptic relating to touch Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
touch-and-go
touch-and-go adjective it was touch-and-go whether he would be fit enough to play: uncertain, unsure, unclear, dubious, tight, delicate; sticky, tricky, precarious, risky, in jeopardy, in danger, hazardous, dangerous, critical, unsafe, treacherous, suspenseful, cliffhanging, on thin ice, hanging by a thread; informal hairy; Brit. informal dodgy. ANTONYMS certain.
touched
touched adjective 1 the plumber was so touched by their plight that he waived his fee: affected, softened, moved, stirred, swayed, aroused, impressed, influenced, warmed, impassioned, upset, disturbed, distressed. ANTONYMS unmoved, unimpressed. 2 informal you have to be a little touched to do what I do. See mad (sense 1 ).
touchiness
touchiness noun the visitors' touchiness about defeat: sensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitivity; irritability, tetchiness, testiness, crotchetiness, irascibility, peevishness, querulousness, bad-temperedness, short-temperedness, hot-temperedness, quick-temperedness, snappiness, captiousness, prickliness, edginess, crossness, surliness, crustiness, curmudgeonliness, cantankerousness, petulance, waspishness, pettishness, quarrelsomeness, spleen, grumpiness, fractiousness, tension; informal grouchiness, crankiness, rattiness, stickiness.
touching
touching adjective her devotion to him was very touching | at her death Hardy wrote a touching poem entitled ‘The Lodging House ’: moving, affecting, stirring, warming, heart-warming, impressive; poignant, upsetting, saddening, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, plaintive, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, tragic, disturbing, evocative; emotive, emotional, tender, sentimental. ANTONYMS hard-headed. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD touching, moving, affecting See moving . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
touchstone
touchstone noun pupil behaviour is a touchstone of the quality of the school system: criterion, standard, yardstick, benchmark, barometer, litmus test, indicator, indication; measure, point of reference, norm, gauge, reference, test, guide, guideline, exemplar, model, pattern.
touchy
touchy adjective 1 she's very touchy about her past | anxiety was making her touchy: sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin-skinned; irritable, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly, edgy, cross, surly, crusty, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, petulant, waspish, pettish, quarrelsome, splenetic, grumpy, fractious, highly strung, tense; informal grouchy, cranky, ratty. ANTONYMS calm, affable, good-humoured. 2 a touchy subject: delicate, sensitive, tricky, ticklish, thorny, knotty, embarrassing, uncomfortable, uneasy, precarious, chancy, risky, uncertain, contentious, controversial, awkward, difficult; informal sticky.
Duden Dictionary
Touch
Touch Substantiv, maskulin umgangssprachlich , der |tat͜ʃ |der Touch; Genitiv: des Touchs, Plural: die Touchs englisch touch, zu: to touch = berühren < altfranzösisch touchier, touchieren etwas, was jemandem, einer Sache als leicht angedeutete Eigenschaft ein besonderes Fluidum gibt
Touchbildschirm
Touch bild schirm Substantiv, maskulin EDV , der |ˈtat͜ʃ …|Bildschirm, der auf Antippen mit dem Finger bzw. mit einem Stift reagiert
touchieren
tou chie ren schwaches Verb |tuˈʃiː … tʊˈ …|schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « französisch toucher = berühren, befühlen < altfranzösisch touchier, ursprünglich lautmalend 1 besonders Sport berühren 1 ein Hindernis touchieren | den Gegner mit der Klinge, die Billardkugel mit dem Queue touchieren 2 Medizin (von außen zugängliche Körperhöhlen ) zu diagnostischen Zwecken austasten die Mundhöhle, das Rektum touchieren 3 Medizin mit dem Ätzstift abätzen
Touchpad
Touch pad Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das |ˈtat͜ʃpɛd |englisch touch pad, aus: touch = Berührung (Touch ) und pad, Pad auf Fingerdruck reagierendes integriertes Zeigegerät anstelle einer Maus
Touchscreen
Touch screen Substantiv, maskulin EDV , der |ˈtat͜ʃskriːn |englisch touch screen, zu: screen, Screen Touchbildschirm
French Dictionary
touchant
touchant , ante adj. adjectif Attendrissant, émouvant. : Des témoignages touchants, une scène touchante. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le participe présent invariable touchant. Les employés touchant une prime d ’éloignement seront convoqués.
touchant
touchant prép. préposition Concernant, au sujet de. : Quelques commentaires touchant cette question. SYNONYME relativement à .
touche
touche n. f. nom féminin 1 Chacun des leviers qui composent le clavier d ’un piano, d ’un ordinateur, etc. : Les touches d ’ivoire d ’un piano. La touche de recul, une touche programmable (et non une *clé ). 2 Manière d ’appliquer la couleur, par petites quantités. : De petites touches de rouge et de jaune éclairaient le tableau. 3 figuré Un peu de. : Sa présence espiègle met une touche de gaieté dans ce cadre sévère. LOCUTION Être (mis ) sur la touche. figuré Être tenu à l ’écart d ’une activité, sans pouvoir de décision. : Après sa gaffe, cet ancien directeur a été mis sur la touche. SYNONYME être (mis ) sur une tablette .
touche-à-tout
touche-à -tout n. m. inv. (pl. touche-à -tout ) nom masculin invariable 1 Enfant qui touche à tout. 2 figuré Personne qui se disperse à faire toutes sortes d ’activités.
toucher
toucher n. m. nom masculin Un des cinq sens, à l ’aide duquel on peut reconnaître la forme, la matière, la température, etc. , d ’un corps.
toucher
toucher v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif direct 1 Porter la main sur. : Toucher un tissu soyeux. Ne touche pas ce vase ou à ce vase. Note Syntaxique En ce sens, le verbe se construit directement ou avec à. 2 Recevoir (un chèque, un salaire, etc. ). : Il touche son salaire le jeudi. 3 Concerner. : Cette restructuration ne vous touche pas. 4 Émouvoir. : Nous avons été très touchés de votre gentille lettre, par votre joli bouquet, de recevoir votre visite. Note Syntaxique En ce sens, le verbe se construit avec les prépositions de, par. verbe transitif indirect 1 Modifier. : Ne touche pas à mon dessin. 2 Aborder. : Nous touchons à une question capitale. 3 Atteindre. : Ils touchent au but. 4 S ’en prendre à. : Ne touche pas à mon copain. Note Syntaxique Le verbe transitif indirect se construit avec la préposition à. verbe pronominal Être adjacent. : Nos deux terrains se touchent. Ils se sont touchés. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde en genre et en nombre avec le complément direct si celui-ci le précède. La joue qu ’il s ’est touchée est maculée d ’encre. Ils se sont à peine touchés. Le participe passé reste invariable si le complément direct suit le verbe. Ils se sont touché la main. aimer
Spanish Dictionary
touché
touché nombre masculino 1 dep En esgrima, acción de tocar al contrario con el arma .2 interjección Expresión que utiliza una persona en una discusión o debate cuando aporta un argumento que desmonta o desenmascara a su oponente .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del francés touché .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
touch
touch /tʌtʃ / (! -ou-は /ʌ /) 〖語源は 「 (軽く )打つ 」〗動詞 ～es /-ɪz /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing (→分詞 touched , touching )他動詞 【触れる 】1 〈人が 〉【手 指などで 】…にさわる , 触れる «with » ; ｟文 ｠〖～ A to B 〗A 〈身体部位 〉をB 〈場所 〉に触れさせる, 当てる ▸ Don't touch the wet paint .乾いていない [塗りたての ]ペンキに触れてはならない ▸ reach out to touch the wall 壁にさわろうと手を伸ばす ▸ touch A's shoulder ≒touch A on the shoulder Aの肩に触れる ▸ touch one's finger to one's lips 指を自分の唇に当てる 2 〈物などが 〉…と接触する , 触れ合う ▸ My feet don't touch the ground .足が地面に届かない 3 …を軽くたたく [押す ]▸ touch a button ボタンを軽く押す 4 〖通例否定文で 〗〈物 〉を使わない, 手にしない ; 〈仕事など 〉に手をつけない ▸ I haven't touched my work for days .私は何日も仕事に手をつけていない 5 〖通例否定文で 〗〈飲食物 〉に手をつけない, …を口にしない ▸ What's wrong? You haven't touched your supper .どうかしたの, 夕食にひとつも箸 （はし ）がついてないよ ▸ I never touch a drop .酒は一滴も飲みません 6 〈問題など 〉を取り扱う, …に携わる ▸ Guns should be outlawed, but politicians would not touch it .銃は違法にするべきだが, 政治家たちはだれもそれを取り上げようとしない 7 〈事 人などが 〉…にかかわる, …にかかわりをもつ ; 〈ある事柄など 〉に関連する .8 〈船が 〉〈港 〉に立ち寄る .【影響を及ぼす 】9 〈物 事が 〉〈人 気持ちなど 〉を動かす ; 感動させる ; 怒らせる, 傷つける ▸ His careless remark clearly touched her .彼の不用意な発言は明らかに彼女を怒らせた [傷つけた ]▸ I was greatly touched by the story .私はその話に大変心を打たれた 10 〈人 物 〉に影響を及ぼす; 〈人 〉の気を狂わせる ; 〖通例否定文で 〗〈人 物など 〉に危害を与えない ▸ The crop was touched by repeated frosts .霜が何度も降りて, 作物はやられてしまった ▸ He kept smiling like he was touched in the head .彼は頭が変になったみたいににたにたしていた 11 ｟文 ｠〖通例be ～ed 〗 «…の » 感がある, 色合いがする «with , by » ▸ The meadow was touched by spring .牧場は春めいていた 12 〈表情が 〉〈顔など 〉にちょっと浮かぶ ▸ A faint smile touched his lips .かすかなほほえみが彼の口元に浮かんだ 【届く 】13 〖通例否定文で 〗〈人が 〉 «…の点で » 〈ほかの人 〉にかなわない «in , for » (!受け身にしない ) ▸ Nobody could touch me in swimming .泳ぎでは私にかなう者はいないであろう 14 〈程度 数値 〉にまで達する, …に到達する ▸ Sales are now touching the last year's record levels .今や売上は昨年の実績にまで達している 自動詞 〈人 物が 〉さわる, 触れる ; 接触する, 触れ合う ▸ Don't touch さわるな t ò uch d ó wn 1 〈航空機などが 〉着陸する ; ｟比喩的に ｠〈ハリケーンなどが 〉上陸する ▸ The plane touched down at Narita Airport .飛行機は成田空港に到着した 2 〘アメフト ラグビー 〙(ボールを )タッチダウンする .t ó uch A for B ｟英 くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉にB 〈金など 〉をねだる, 無心する .t ò uch A í n [í n A ]A 〈絵などの細部 〉に加筆する .t ò uch A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 A 〈事態 問題など 〉を引き起こす .2 A 〈大砲 銃 〉を撃つ, A 〈爆発 〉を起こす, A 〈火薬 〉を爆発させる .t ó uch on [upon ] A 1 (軽く )A 〈問題など 〉に触れる, 言及する .2 Aに近い ; Aに関係する .t ò uch A ú p [ú p A ]1 A 〈物 事 〉を修正する, 直す .2 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈異性の体 〉をさわる, Aに痴漢をする .名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /1 U 触覚 ▸ The key can be distinguished just by touch .さわった感覚だけでそのキーはほかのと区別がつく ▸ The cloth is warm [cool ] to the touch .その布は肌ざわりが暖かい [冷たい ]2 U C 〖通例単数形で 〗さわること , 接触 ▸ The trigger requires only the lightest touch .引き金はほんの軽く触れるだけでいい ▸ Hundreds of channels will be yours at the touch of a button .ボタン1つで何百というチャンネルがあなたのものです 3 C 〖通例単数形で 〗さわる [さわられる ]感じ , 感触 ; (ピアノ キー 弦の )手ごたえ, タッチ ▸ I felt her touch .私は彼女にさわられるのを感じた 4 C (筆 鉛筆などでの )一書き, 一筆 ; (作品などの )仕上げ ▸ put the finishing touches on [to ] A Aに最後の仕上げを施す 5 C 〖単数形で 〗手法, やり方 ; 筆致, 技法 ▸ a personal [human ] touch 親しみのこもった [人間味ある ]やり方 6 C 〖a ～ of A 〗ほんの少しのA (!Aは U 名詞 ) ; ｟ややくだけて ｠〖a ～〗ちょっと (!形容詞 の前で副詞的に用いる ) ▸ There was a touch of suspicion in his voice .彼の声にはかすかな疑いの響きがあった ▸ a touch cold [confused ]ちょっと寒い [混乱した ]7 C ｟くだけて ｠簡単に金を出す人, いいカモ (!easy, softなどの 形容詞 と共に ) .8 U 〘スポーツ 〙(フットボールの )タッチ 〘側線の外 〙.be k ì cked into t ó uch ｟英 ｠〈考え 提案などが 〉放棄される .h à ve a l ì ght t ó uch 手先が器用である ; 【事が 】上手である «with » .in t ó uch with A 1 A 〈人 〉と接触をもって, 連絡を取りあって ▸ He gets in touch with me on the Internet .彼はネットで私に連絡をくれる 2 A 〈事情 〉に通じて ; A 〈感情 〉がよくわかって ▸ Jim keeps in touch with street culture .ジムはストリートカルチャーに通じている k è ep [st à y ] in t ó uch 【人と 】連絡 [交際 ]を続ける «with » ▸ Keep [Stay ] in touch .｟くだけて ｠連絡を取り合おう, また連絡するよ (!手紙 会話の終わりのあいさつとしてよく用いられる ) l ò se one's t ó uch 腕が落ちる [にぶる ].l ò se t ó uch with A 1 (次第に )A 〈人 物 〉との交流がなくなる .2 A 〈人 物 〉に関心を持たなくなる .ò ut of t ó uch 1 【人と 】連絡が途切れて «with » ▸ We had been out of touch with each other for years .私たちはお互いに何年も連絡していなかった .2 【事情などに 】通じていない, 疎くなって «with » .p ù t the t ó uch on A A 〈人 〉に金を無心する .the c ò mmon t ó uch 民衆に訴える力, 大衆性 .t ò uch and g ó きわどさ, 不安定な状態 .with a l ì ght t ó uch 軽々と, さらりと (!繊細かつ楽々とこなす様子を表す ) .～̀ f ó otball ｟米 ｠タッチフットボール 〘ボールを持つ選手にタックルをせずタッチするルールのアメフト 〙.～́ scr è en タッチスクリーン 〘指で触れて入力できる表示画面 〙.～́ t ỳ ping ブラインドタッチ (!手元を見ないでキーボードを打つこと; ╳blind touchとしない ) .
touch-and-go
t ò uch-and-g ó /-(ə )n- /形容詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠〖be ～〗きわどい, あやうい .2 急いでなされた, 大ざっぱな .
touchdown
t ó uch d ò wn 名詞 C 1 〘アメフト 〙タッチダウン 〘ボールを持って敵のゴールラインを越えるか, エンドゾーンでボールを受け取ること; 6点 〙; 〘ラグビー 〙タッチダウン 〘けられたボールを自陣のインゴール内で押さえること; そのあとdropkickで再開 〙.2 (飛行機の )着陸, 着地 ; その瞬間 .
touche
tou ch é /tuːʃéɪ |-́- /〖＜フランス 〗間投詞 (フェンシング 討論などで )一本取られた!, 参った! 名詞 C 〘フェンシング 〙(ポイントになる )突き .
touched
touched /-t /形容詞 〖be ～〗1 感動した, 心を動かされた .2 ｟くだけて ｠〈人などが 〉ちょっと頭のおかしい .
touching
t ó uch ing 形容詞 感動的な, ほろりとする, 胸を打つ .前置詞 ｟かたく ｠…について [関して ].～ly 副詞
touchline
t ó uch l ì ne 名詞 C (フットボールなどで )タッチライン, 側線 .
touch-me-not
t ó uch-me-n ò t 名詞 複 ～s C 〘植 〙ホウセンカ .
touchpad
t ó uch p à d 名詞 C 〘コンピュ 〙タッチパッド 〘指で触れてカーソルを移動できるパッド 〙.
touch(-)paper
t ó uch (-)p à per 名詞 U ｟英 ｠(花火などの点火用の )導火紙 .
touchstone
t ó uch st ò ne 名詞 C 1 真価を試すもの [事 ]; 基準 .2 試金石 〘昔, 金 銀の純度を判定した石 〙.
Touch-Tone
T ó uch-T ò ne 名詞 C ｟商標 ｠タッチトーンホン, プッシュホン (Touch-Tone phone ) 〘米国製のプッシュホン 〙.形容詞 〖t- t- 〗〈電話が 〉プッシュボタン式の .
touch-type
t ó uch-t ỳ pe 動詞 自動詞 キーを見ないでタイプ [キーボード ]を打つ .
touchy
touch y /tʌ́tʃi /形容詞 1 «…について » 怒りっぽい ; 神経質な ; 過敏な «about » .2 〈問題などが 〉扱いにくい ; 〈情勢などが 〉危険な .3 点火しやすい .t ó uch i ly 副詞 t ó uch i ness 名詞
touchy-feely
t ò uchy-f é ely 形容詞 あまりにも感情 [同情 ]的な ; 大げさに愛情を表現する .
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