Touch | Mean of touch in English Dictionary

/ˈtʌtʃ/

• Verb
• to put your hand, fingers, etc., on someone or something
1. Please do not touch the statue.
2. Slowly bend forward and try to touch your toes.
3. Stop touching your sister.
4. He tried to touch the snake with a stick.
5. You can look (at the statue) but don't touch!
• to be in contact with (something)
1. The top of the Christmas tree almost touches the ceiling.
2. Sparks flew when the wires touched each other.
3. They were standing side-by-side with their shoulders touching.
4. Sparks flew when the wires touched.
• to change or move (something)
1. Don't touch anything before the police come.
2. Your things haven't been touched while you were away.
3. This room hasn't been touched in 20 years.

• to harm (someone or something)
1. Their house burned to the ground, but the house next door wasn't touched by the fire.
2. I won't let anyone touch you. = I won't let anyone touch a hair on your head.
• to deal with or work on (something)
1. I haven't touched my essay all week, and it's due this Friday!
• to become involved with (someone or something)
1. He's a good player, but since he failed the drug test, no team will touch him.
2. Everything she touches turns to gold. [=everything she is involved with becomes successful]
• to use (something)
1. She never touches [=drinks] alcohol.
2. The dog hasn't touched [=eaten] its food.
3. We haven't touched the money in our savings account.
4. Alcohol? I never touch the stuff.
• to affect or involve (someone)
1. Air pollution is a matter that touches [=concerns] everyone.
• to affect the feelings of (someone)
1. His neighbors' acts of kindness touched him deeply.
2. She wants to touch her audience through her music.
3. The story seemed to touch the hearts of the students.
• to influence (something)
1. As a teacher, she touched the lives of many young people.
• to be as good as (someone or something)
1. No one can touch her when it comes to songwriting. [=she is much better than everyone else as a songwriter]
2. You can't touch her songwriting ability.
• to reach (a particular level or amount)
1. The temperature outside was touching 38 degrees Celsius.
• to get a hit off or score a run against (a pitcher)
1. He was touched for a run in the first inning. [=they scored a run off him in the first inning]
• to appear on (something)
1. A smile touched her lips. [=she smiled slightly]
• to refuse to go near or become involved with (someone or something)
1. That investment is too risky. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.
• to return to the ground or another surface after a flight
1. The plane touched down at 3:15.
• to score by putting (the ball) on the ground behind an opponent's goal line
1. He touched the ball down under the posts.
• to persuade (someone) to give or lend you (an amount of money)
1. He touched me for a tenner.
• to cause (something) to start suddenly
1. What touched off the fire?
2. The judge's verdict touched off riots throughout the city.
• to briefly talk or write about (something)
1. The reports touched on many important points.
2. She touches upon the issue in the article but never fully explains it.
• to come close to (something)
1. Your actions touch on [=verge on] treason.
• to improve (something) by making small changes or additions
1. She touched up the photographs on the computer.
• to touch (someone) in a sexual way
1. He tried to touch her up [=feel her up] at the party.
• Noun
• the act of touching someone or something
1. He felt a gentle touch on his shoulder.
2. Fax machines allow you to send a document with/at the touch [=push] of a button. [=by touching/pushing a button]
• the ability to be aware of something physical by touching it
1. Blind since birth, she relies on her sense of touch to read braille.
2. Sand the wood until it is smooth to the touch. [=until it feels smooth when you touch it]
3. The plate was hot to the touch.
• the quality of a thing that is experienced by feeling or touching it
1. the smooth touch [=feel] of silk
• a small detail that is added to improve or complete something
1. He added the final touches to the letter and mailed it.
2. The candles and light jazz music added a nice touch to their dinner together.
• a quality that can be seen in the way something is done
1. The painting showed the touch of a master.
2. Here at our hotel, we strive to provide service with a personal touch.
3. This room needs a woman's/feminine touch. [=it needs a woman to help decorate it]
4. He has a magic touch with animals. [=he is able to calm and control animals with unusual ease]
• an act of handling or controlling the ball in a sport (such as basketball, soccer, or American football)
1. That was her first touch of the game.
• the area outside of the lines that mark the long edges of the playing area in soccer or rugby
1. The ball went into touch.
2. The ball was thrown in by a player standing in touch.
• to a small extent
1. She aimed a touch [=a bit, a little] too low and missed.
2. Can you turn up the radio a touch more?
• a small amount of (something)
1. She noticed a touch of garlic in the sauce.
2. I think I have a touch of the flu.
• in a state in which people communicate with each other especially by calling or writing to each other
1. We kept/stayed in touch after college.
2. I'll be in touch with you [=I will call you, e-mail you, etc.] later this week.
3. I have been trying to get in touch with her all day.
• in the state of being aware of what is happening, how a particular group of people feels, etc.
1. As a professor of biology, it is important to keep/stay in touch with the latest research.
2. She is in touch with the voters and their needs.
• in the state of being aware of a particular part of your character that is not easily noticed
1. He is in touch with his sensitive side.
2. I meditate to get in touch with my inner self.
• to stop communicating with each other
1. They were friends in college, but then they moved to different cities and lost touch.
2. She lost touch with her college roommate after graduation.
• to stop knowing what is happening, how a particular group of people feels, etc.
1. I read the newspaper every morning so that I don't completely lose touch with what's happening in the world.
2. She seems to have lost touch with reality [=she believes things that are not true] and thinks that she can have everything she wants.
• to no longer have the ability to do things that you were able to do successfully in the past
1. His last album flopped; he seems to be losing his touch.
2. I must have lost my touch; I can't get this camera to work anymore.
• not communicating with each other
1. I don't know if he still lives there. We've been out of touch for some time.
• in a state of not knowing what is happening, how a particular group of people feels, etc.
1. I've been away from the business for several years and feel quite out of touch.
2. He is out of touch with the younger generation.