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  touch

  1. n (n)

  1. touch; touch

  compare; achieve the same high level Synonyms: reach I 2., attain

  make a sketch, outline, technical drawing Synonyms: mark II 2., draw 2., delineate

  to cause pain, to injure directly. and trans. Synonyms: injure, hurt 2.

  rare grasping, grasping, squeezing tightly; embrace Synonyms: hold I 1., grasp 1., embrace 1.

  a small distance (from something, to something; in time or space) Synonyms: shave 1.

  hatch; characteristic feature, mark, seal Synonyms: quality 1., characteristic 2., trait

  palpation, palpation Synonyms: palpation

  tag (children's game) Synonyms: touch-and-run

  
  Synonyms: touch; touch|feel; feel|handle; touch/handle|finger; touch with finger|contact; touch
  Synonyms: touch v.
  1 put (one"s) hand on, feel, handle: She leant forward and touched my hand.
  2 bring into contact with, apply, put, set: He touched a match to the fuse and ran.
  3 Sometimes, touch (up) against. be in contact (with), border, adjoin, meet, come up or be (up) against, push or press or lean (up) against, brush or rub (up) against, come or be together, abut: The ladder is touching the freshly painted wall.
  4 lay a hand or finger on; meddle with, have to do with, interfere with, come near, approach: If you touch me, I"ll scream.
  5 drink, eat, consume, partake of, take, use, taste, have to do with: He swore that he would never touch alcohol again.
  6 affect, impress, influence, disturb, move, stir, arouse, excite, impassion, stimulate, strike, Colloq get to: We were touched by your sympathetic note.
  7 rival, match, equal, compare with, come up to, be on a par with, be a match for, be in the same league or class as or with, be on an equal footing with, reach, come or get near or close to, hold a candle to, measure up to or against, Colloq US stack up to or with or against: No other car can touch our new model for speed and safety.
  8 Usually, touch on or upon. refer to, have reference to, pertain to, relate to, have a bearing on, regard, mention, allude to, speak or write of, tell of, bring up or in, raise, deal with, cover: I must now touch upon a delicate matter.
  9 have access to, access, use, employ, make use of, put to use, avail (oneself) of, take, get, take advantage of: I do not touch the principal, but try to live off the interest.
  10 touch down. land, alight, come to earth: We touched down for fuel at Gander, Newfoundland.
  11 touch off. a detonate, spark (off), set alight, set off, ignite, light, fire, put a match to: We touched off the gunpowder and blew up the arsenal. b instigate, initiate, begin, start, set in motion, ignite, set off, trigger, provoke, foment, cause, give rise to: Her offhand remark touched off a family row that lasted for years.
  12 touch up. retouch, patch up; beautify, enhance, titivate, renovate, spruce up: She said that the painting had recently been touched up. Mandy is upstairs touching up her make-up.

  N.
  13 feeling, feel, texture: She wants nothing but the touch of silk next to her body.
  14 pat, tap, blow, hit, stroke, brush, caress: She hated him so much that she cringed at the touch of his hand.
  15 dash, hint, intimation, suggestion, soupon, bit, intimation, pinch, jot, spot, trace, tinge, taste, suspicion, smattering, colouring, smack, speck, drop, whiff, odour, scent, smell: Cynthia has a touch of hypocrisy about her. The salad dressing could use a touch more garlic.
  16 ability, deftness, expertise, dexterity, adroitness, facility, skill, skilfulness, knack, capability, genius, talent, gift, flair: Richard has a master"s touch in everything he does.
  17 response, feel, responsiveness, feeling, movement, operation, performance level: This piano action has an excellent touch.
  18 signature, trade mark, characteristic, influence, approach, style, manner, technique, execution, method: I thought I recognized your touch in the furniture selection. A woman's touch might have helped.
  

  Phrases, idioms, phrasal verbs, slang, example sentences

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  slut

  This riffraff strongly believes in her personal touch. - This slut firmly believes in her originality

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  verb

  1. touch (to affect, to affect, to worry)
  2. touch (to touch, to touch, to touch)
  3. touch (touch, feel)
  4. touch
  5. touch
  6. compare

  noun

  1. touch (touch, contact, feel, feel)
  2. hatch
  3. contact (communication, connection)
  4. shade (patina)
  5. an approach
  6. admixture
  7. manner

  Plural number: touches.

  adjective

  1. sensory

  Verb forms

  Phrases

  warm touch
  warm touch

  gentle touch
  soft touch

  touch with nature
  contact with nature

  organ of touch
  organ of touch

  interesting touch
  interesting touch

  last touch
  last contact

  touch with life
  connection with life

  pleasant touch
  nice shade

  touch of sadness
  a touch of sadness

  light touch
  easy approach

  touch a woman
  touch a woman

  touch the water
  touch the water

  touch a hand
  touch with hand

  touch hands
  touch with hands

  touch the soul
  touch the soul

  touch screen
  touch screen

  Offers

  I gave you explicit instructions not to touch anything.
  I clearly told you not to touch anything.

  Don't touch my things.
  Don't touch my things.

  Don't touch that doorknob.
  Don't touch that doorknob.

  Did I touch a nerve?
  Did I step on a sore spot?

  Don't touch the grass.
  Don't touch the grass.

  Don't touch my camera
  Don't touch my camera.

  Don't touch the computer.
  Do not touch the computer.

  Please don't touch the merchandise.
  Please do not touch the goods.

  You should on no condition touch these instruments.
  Under no circumstances should you touch these tools.

  She was tall enough to touch the ceiling
  Her height was enough to reach the ceiling.

  It seems as if everything he touches turns to gold.
  It seems as if everything he touches turns to gold.

  I cry almost every day. There's always something that touches me.
  I cry almost every day. There is always something deeply touching.

  This chair needs a few more touches of paint.
  This chair needs some more paint.

  Tom added a few finishing touches to the painting.
  Thomas added a few finishing touches to the painting.

  An airplane touched down on the runway.
  The plane landed on the runway.

  And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time.
  And I was fourteen years old when I first touched the piano.

  Nobody touched me.
  Nobody touched me.

  She touched him on the shoulder.
  She touched his shoulder.

  These words touched Pinocchio's heart.
  These words touched Pinocchio's heart.

  Tom's story really touched us.
  Tom's story touched us very much.

  His lips touched mine.
  His lips touched mine.

  Something cold and slimy touched Nastya’s cheek, and she cringed, seeing it was a giant tentacle.
  Something cold and slippery touched Nastya’s cheek, and she recoiled when she saw that it was a giant tentacle.

  I think I touched a nerve
  I think I touched on a sore subject.

  Somebody's elbow touched my back.
  Someone's elbow touched my back.

• "For by the touch of it, as well as by the look, the bottle should be of glass."

  To look and touch it, it seems as if this bottle is made of glass.

  Demon from a bottle. Robert Louis Stevenson, page 2

• It was one January morning, very early-a pinching, frosty morning-the cove all gray with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.

  It was an early frosty January morning. The bay turned gray from frost. Small ripples gently licked the coastal stones. The sun had not yet risen and only touched the tops of the hills and the distance of the sea with its rays.

  Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson, page 7
• contact, communication;
  in touch with smb. in contact with someone;
  to get in touch with smb. contact someone;
  to lose touch with smb. lose touch, contact with smb.
• touch;
  soft to the touch

  Examples of using

  1. They felt to the touch like the pulp of walnuts, or the surface of cork. Their brownish color made them look like hard, dry nutshells.

     To the touch they resembled a walnut kernel or the surface of a cork, and in appearance they resembled a brownish walnut shell.

     The Teachings of Don Juan: The Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Chapter 1-5). Carlos Castaneda, page 24
• hatch;
  to put the finishing touches (to) make the finishing touches, finish; end
• characteristic;
  the touch of a poet;
  personal touch character traits(person)

  Examples of using

• approach (to people); tact;
  he has a marvelous touch in dealing with children
• a little; admixture; shade, coating;
  a touch of salt
  there was a touch of bitterness in what he said

  Examples of using

  1. And because of all this, he carried himself more boldly, with a touch of defiance that was new in him.

     And this gave him courage, even enthusiasm appeared in him, which was not there before.

     White Fang. Jack London, page 67

  2. And even in conversations with people he liked, there was always a note of contemptuous paternal condescension in his voice - many in New Haven could not stand him for this.

     The Great Gatsby. Francis Scott Fitzgerald, page 6

  3. We had pulled up in front of a large villa which stood within its own grounds. A stable-boy had run out to the horse’s head, and springing down, I followed Holmes up the small, winding gravel-drive which led to the house. As we approached, the door flew open, and a little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy pink chiffon at her neck and wrists. She stood with her figure outlined against the flood of light, one hand upon the door, one half-raised in her eagerness, her body slightly bent, her head and face protruded, with eager eyes and parted lips, a standing question.

     We stopped in front of a large villa surrounded by a garden. Handing the horse over to the groom who ran out to meet us, Holmes and I walked towards the house along a narrow gravel path. As we approached, the door swung open, and a small blond woman in a light silk dress trimmed with lush pink chiffon appeared at the threshold. She held the door with one hand and raised the other impatiently; bending forward, half-parting her lips, looking greedily at us, she seemed to be asking with her whole appearance what new we had brought her.

     The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A man with a cut lip. Arthur Conan Doyle, page 12
• mild attack (of illness); minor bruise, etc.;
  a touch of the sun overheating
• manner, techniques (of the artist, etc.)
• sample, test;
  to put (or to bring) to the touch to put to the test
• slang; jargon - extortion; obtaining money by fraud
• tag (children's game; also touch and run)
• music - touche
• sports - the area behind the football sidelines, etc. fields;
  in touch behind the sideline;
  touch typist - a touch typist;
  common touch; feeling of elbow;
  in (or within) touch a> close, at hand; b> accessible, achievable;
  near touch danger that was barely avoided;
  no touch to smth. nothing compared to sth., does not stand up to criticism
• verb
  1. touch, touch, touch; touch;
     to touch one's hat to smb. greet someone by raising your hat

     Examples of using

     1. And when her tears touched his eyes they became clear again, and he could see with them as well as ever.

        Two of her tears fell on his eyes, and his eyes regained their sight, and he could see everything with them, as before.

        Rapunzel. Brothers Grimm, page 4

     2. An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.

        The colossal shaggy puppy looked down at her with huge round eyes, hesitantly trying to touch her with his paw (or rather, paws).

        Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll, page 23

     3. He has never worn a red tie in his life, and hopes he can go to his grave untouched by that particular virus.

        He has never worn a red tie in his life and hopes to go to his grave without succumbing to this virus.

        Blind Willie. Stephen KING, page 2
  2. touch food, eat;
     he has not touched food for two days;
     I couldn't touch anything I wasn't hungry
  3. touch upon, lightly touch on (topic, question)

     Examples of using

     1. The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story--that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.

        The wild superstitions described below were common among the children and Negroes of the West at that time, that is, thirty or forty years ago.

        Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain, page 1
  4. (common passive voice) slightly spoil;
     leaves are touched with frost;
     he is slightly touched he is not all at home
  5. have an impact;
     nothing will touch these stains nothing can remove these stains
  6. touch, excite, touch the heartstrings

     Examples of using

     1. Love touched the hearts of the Brahmans" young daughters when Siddhartha walked through the lanes of the town with the luminous forehead, with the eye of a king, with his slim hips.

        Love arose in the hearts of the young daughters of the Brahmins when Siddhartha walked through the streets of the city, with a radiant brow, with a regal gaze, with narrow hips.

        Siddhartha. Hermann Hesse, page 1
  7. touch, relate (to smth.);
     how does this touch me? What does this have to do with me?
  8. colloquial - to receive, to obtain (money, especially in debt or by fraud - for);
     he touched me for a large sum of money
  9. receive (salary);
     he touches pounds 2 6 s a week
  10. compare; reach the same high level;
      there is nothing to touch sea air for bracing you up
  11. tint; give shade;
      clouds touched with rose pinkish clouds
  12. geometry - touch, be tangent;
      touch at nautical; nautical enter (at a port);
      touch down to land, touch the ground;
      touch off a> quickly sketch; convey similarities; b> shoot out (from a cannon); c> hang up (on the phone); r> cause (dispute, etc.);
      touch on a> touch on, touch briefly (on a question, etc.); b> border on smth. (eg, with impudence);
      touch up a> correct, finish, finish, put the finishing touches, strokes; b> spur (horse); c> remind, push; r> to excite;
      touch upon = touch on to touch shore
      to touch pitch deal with a dubious enterprise or entity;
      to touch the spot to hit the target; fit for purpose;
      to touch smb. on a sore (or tender) place to offend someone. for the living;
      he touches six feet;
      to touch wood try to appease fate, prevent a bad omen;
      touch wood! don't jinx it!

English-Russian translation of TOUCH

transcription, transcription: [tʌʧ]

a) touch, contact

delicate touch - gentle, careful touch

gentle, light, soft touch - soft, light touch

heavy touch - rough touch

b) rare grasping, grasping, squeezing tightly; embrace

hold I 1., grasp 1., embrace 1.

a) touch; contact, contact

sense of touch - sense of touch

contact 1., feel 2.

b) palpation, palpation

c) tag (children's game)

3) general meaning: a small amount of something.

a) a little, admixture, bloom, tint, reflection

a touch of household soda - a pinch of baking soda

The expression looked different. One would have said that there was a touch of cruelty in the mouth. — The facial expression changed. It seemed that there was some kind of cruelty in the line of the mouth and lips. (O. Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, ch. 7).

There was a touch of bitterness in what he said. “There was bitterness in his words.

b) mild attack (of illness); minor bruise, etc.

a touch of the sun - overheating

c) a small distance (from something, to something) (in time or space)

4) stroke; trans. characteristic feature, mark, seal; manner, techniques (of the artist, etc.)

personal touch - characteristic features (of a person)

quality 1., characteristic 2., trait

a) transfer communication, contact

Keep in close touch with me. - Don't lose contact with me.

I am out of touch with the present situation. - I have no idea about the real situation.

close touch - close contact

in touch with - in contact (with someone)

out of touch with - to have no idea about something.

to get in touch with - contact (with someone)

to lose touch with - lose connection, contact (with someone)

b) approach (to people); tact

He has a marvelous touch in dealing with children. - He gets along well with children.

c) sl. extortion; obtaining money by fraud

6) test, sample

to put / bring to the touch - to put to the test

7) music touche

8) sports. area behind the side lines of a football field, etc.

in touch - behind the side line

a) light blow

That was his best-known touch. - This was his signature blow.

hit 1., knock 1., stroke 1., blow I

b) transfer lunge, thrust, caustic remark

soft touch, easy touch - a weak-willed person; simpleton

a) (to) touch, touch, be touched; touch

b) honey palpate, palpate

c) transfer touch food, eat

He has not touched food for two days. “He hasn’t eaten anything for two days.”

I couldn't touch anything. - I couldn't eat anything. (I was fed up.)

2) about interaction of some. items

a) touch

Those spheres of knowledge often touch. — These areas of knowledge often interact with each other.

b) geom. touch, be tangent

3) border, be nearby, adjoin

A part of the road where it touched the river. — That part of the road that adjoined the river.

adjoin, border on, skirt 2.

a) touch upon, lightly touch on (topic, question)

to touch a topic upon which they disagree - touch on a topic on which they do not agree

b) touch, worry, touch a nerve (about feelings, emotions, etc.)

c) touch, relate to (smth.)

How does this touch me? - What does this have to do with me?

a) ordinary suffering to be slightly spoiled; spoil

Leaves are touched with frost. — The leaves are touched by frost.

He is slightly touched. - He doesn’t have everything at home.

infect, taint 2.

b) slightly colored; give some light shade

c) have an impact

Nothing will touch these stains. “Nothing can remove these stains.”

d) strike lightly

a) colloquial receive, obtain (money - for; esp. in debt or by fraud)

He touched me for a large sum of money. “He borrowed and begged me for a large sum (of money).

b) receive (salary)

He touches L2 6s a week. — He receives 2 pounds 6 shillings a week.

7) compare; reach the same high level

There is nothing to touch sea air for bracing you up. — There is nothing more useful than sea air for improving health.

reach I 2., attain

8) ring (smth.), make sound (smth.); play a musical instrument

Having touched the piano, he was requested to sing. (Burgon) - After he played the piano, he was asked to sing.

9) make a sketch, outline, technical drawing

mark II 2., draw 2., delineate

a) interfere, influence (smth.)

b) cause pain, injure (also translated)

The hand of violence must not touch them. (J. Gilbert) - The hand of violence must not reach them.

No officer was touched. — Not a single officer was injured.

injure, hurt 2.

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