Overview of noun touching

The noun touching has 2 senses

• touch, touching -- (the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air")


• touch, touching -- (the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights")

Overview of verb touch

The verb touch has 15 senses

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


• touch -- (perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her")


• touch, stir -- (affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy")


• refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with -- (be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")


• touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")


• affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?")


• touch -- (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")


• touch -- (cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks")


• reach, extend to, touch -- (to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall")


• equal, touch, rival, match -- (be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents")


• touch, disturb -- (tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!")


• allude, touch, advert -- (make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it")


• touch -- (comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem")


• partake, touch -- (consume; "She didn't touch her food all night")


• tint, tinct, tinge, touch -- (color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November")

Overview of adj touching

The adj touching has 1 sense

• affecting, poignant, touching -- (arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching")