Meaning

36 senses
  1. Primarily physical senses.

    (transitive)To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.

    I touched his face softly.

    anfassen, angreifen, berühren

    тро́гатьtrógatʹ, тро́нутьtrónutʹ, дотра́гиватьсяdotrágivatʹsja

    доторка́тисяdotorkátysja, доторкну́тисяdotorknútysja, торка́тиtorkáty

    be in direct physical contact with; make contact

  2. (transitive)To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.

    Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.

    make physical contact with, come in contact with

  3. (intransitive)To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.

    They stood next to each other, their shoulders touching.

    cause to be in brief contact with

  4. (intransitive)To make physical contact with a thing.

    Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?

  5. (transitive)To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.

    If you touch her, I'll kill you.

  6. (transitive)To make intimate physical contact with a person.

    The man was arrested for touching a girl without her consent.

  7. (intransitive, rare, reflexive, transitive)To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.

    Her parents had caught her touching herself when she was fifteen.

  8. To have sexual intercourse with

    Tell me the truth, did you touch her?

    have an effect upon

  9. (transitive)To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.

    He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.

    The demonstrator nearly touched the rod on the ball.

  10. (transitive)To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.

    Frankly, this wood's so strong that sandpaper won't touch it.

  11. (transitive)To begin to consume, or otherwise use.

    Are you all right? You've hardly touched your lunch.

    consume

  12. (intransitive)Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).

Examples

2093 sentences
  1. I hope we stay in touch.

    Сподіваюся, ми залишатимемося на зв'язку. — deniko

    deIch hoffe, wir bleiben in Verbindung. — Yorwba

  2. I am in touch with him.

    Я тримаю з ним зв'язок. — aandrusiak

    deIch habe mit ihm Kontakt. — Tamy

  3. She felt someone touch her back.

    Вона відчула, як хтось доторкнувся до її спини. — deniko

    ruОна почувствовала, как кто-то дотронулся до её спины. — marafon

  4. Tom felt someone touch his arm.

    Том відчув, як хтось доторкнувся до його руки. — deniko

    ruТом почувствовал, как кто-то коснулся его руки. — marafon

  5. I'll get in touch with you.

    Я з вами зв'яжуся. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ с вами свяжусь. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
make physical contact with:
affect emotionally:
Русский
By meaning 2
make physical contact with:
affect emotionally:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
make physical contact with:
affect emotionally:

Origin

From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern F

From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern French toucher; compare French doublet toquer (“to offend, bother, harass”)), from Vulgar Latin *tuccō (“to knock, strike, offend”), from Frankish *tukkōn (“to knock, strike, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *tukkōną (“to tug, grab, grasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull, lead”). Largely displaced native Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan (whence Modern English rine). Doublet of tuck.

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Forms

touches, touching, touched, touched
Base formtouch · to touch
3rd person singulartouches
Present participletouching
Past simpletouched
Past participletouched

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytouch
he, she, ittouches

Past simpleLesson

all personstouched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave touched
he, she, ithas touched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill touch

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

62 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

38 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in touch with
  • get in touch
  • keep in touch
  • touching touching
  • touch the ceiling
  • stay in touch
  • touch anything
  • be in touch
  • touch his toes
  • a touch of
  • out of touch
  • touch with your

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
touch — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto