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Adjective
Arousing deep or intense feelings or emotions
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“This brought half the guests to tears as it was quite a touching scene.”
Adjective
Adjacent to, or having a common boundary or border
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“A state contiguous to this state shall mean any state with a border touching a border of this state.”
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Arousing or characterized by intense feeling
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Full of, or evocative of, expression or emotion
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Able to persuade or convince
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Providing inspiration
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Very difficult or impossible to forget
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Extraordinarily, exceptionally or wonderfully rare
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Brushing or touching gently over a surface
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Filled with intense emotion or passion
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Linked or connected, typically physically
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Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure
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Suggestive of sorrow or mourning
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Preposition
Related to, or having to do with
“He shall make such reports in such manner and form touching such matters as may be proper for said board of health to direct.”
Preposition
Situated beside or alongside something (or someone) else
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Supported by something
Verb
To examine through the sense of touch
“I allowed my hands to touch the plush silken sheets, admiring its softness.”
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(rare) Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
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Present participle for to come into sensuous, and potentially inappropriate, physical contact with
“He reached out to touch her hand from across the table as their eyes locked.”
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Present participle for to be connected with
“In my dreams, I run hard, but my feet don't quite touch the ground, and so I don't actually move.”
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Present participle for to have an emotional effect on
“His kind words would touch me during my time of grieving.”
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Present participle for to sadden or be saddened by
“Jonny Fairplay's heartbreaking story about the death of his grandmother would touch the other contestants on the island.”
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Present participle for to be comparable to in quality or excellence
“Pete's skills were a class above the rest, and for many years, no other player could touch him.”
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Present participle for to have an affect or bearing on
“Does the international jurisprudence touch the problem that we are concerned with?”
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(touch on) Present participle for to make mention
“At some stage, we will need to touch on the topic of our current finances.”
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Present participle for to rise to or attain a given level
“Our profits are growing and will soon touch a new record if trends continue at the current rate.”
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(usually in the negative) Present participle for to attend to or deal with
“This is a highly sensitive matter that I would prefer not to touch for now.”
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(usually in the negative) Present participle for to eat or drink
“Little Bobby refuses to touch his Brussels Sprouts.”
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Present participle for to tarnish with something undesirable
“Trivial transgressions from his past cannot, and will not, touch his vast body of achievements to date.”
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(dated, slang) Present participle for to obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend)
“All Barry ever does is touch me for money whenever he's in trouble.”
Noun
A gentle or loving touch
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(mass noun) The sense of touch
Noun
The state of physical touching
Noun
The state or fact of spanning a scope or area, or reaching a certain point
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