Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb touch
9 of 15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
=> engage
=> touch
=> toe
=> pick up
=> strike, hit
=> finger, thumb
=> feel
=> palpate, feel
=> handle, palm
=> caress
=> hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with
=> brush
=> skim over skim
=> hit
=> strike
=> kiss, buss, osculate
=> kiss
=> mouth
=> press
=> tag
Sense 3
touch, stir
=> get
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on
=> focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on center
=> apply, hold go for
=> involve, affect, regard
=> matter to interest
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet contact
=> cover, spread over
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, butt, butt against, butt on
=> surround, skirt, border
=> lean on rest on lean against
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch
=> strike a blow
=> repercuss
=> tell on
=> redound
=> process, treat
=> queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
=> hit, strike
=> subject
=> trouble, put out inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> influence, act upon work
Sense 9
reach, extend to touch
=> reach into
Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> upset
=> violate
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> receive
Sense 15
tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch
=> henna
=> tincture
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb touch
9 of 15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
=> engage
=> lock
=> touch
=> toe
=> pick up
=> strike, hit
=> finger, thumb
=> feel
=> palpate, feel
=> handle, palm
=> field
=> fumble
=> manipulate
=> lay hands on
=> mouse
=> twiddle, fiddle with
=> wield, handle
=> ply
=> pump
=> swing, sweep, swing out
=> operate, control
=> dial
=> turn
=> submarine
=> treadle
=> relay
=> gate
=> pedal
=> drive
=> coach
=> test drive
=> drive
=> pull
=> cut in
=> tool
=> fly, aviate, pilot
=> fly blind
=> fly contact
=> solo
=> test fly
=> jet
=> glide
=> sailplane, soar
=> hydroplane, seaplane
=> balloon
=> hedgehop, flat-hat
=> hang glide, soar
=> massage, rub down knead
=> knead, work
=> masticate
=> shuffle, ruffle, mix
=> reshuffle
=> riffle
=> cut
=> cut
=> tamper, monkey
=> toy, fiddle, diddle, play
=> manhandle
=> caress
=> paw
=> grope
=> dandle
=> stroke, fondle
=> lick, lap
=> tongue
=> pet
=> chuck, pat
=> nuzzle, nose
=> pet
=> canoodle
=> gentle
=> neck, make out
=> smooch, snog, spoon
=> tickle
=> hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with
=> ping
=> spang, bang
=> rear-end
=> broadside
=> connect
=> spat
=> thud
=> bottom
=> bottom out
=> bump, knock
=> run into bump into jar against, butt against, knock against
=> collide, clash
=> shock
=> crash, ram
=> brush
=> graze, crease, rake
=> shave
=> skive
=> flick
=> skim over skim
=> hit
=> clap
=> slam, bang
=> lam into tear into lace into pitch into lay into
=> kick
=> scuff
=> boot
=> swipe
=> smite
=> hook
=> swat
=> sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
=> get catch
=> conk
=> cosh
=> brain
=> smash, nail, boom, blast
=> crack
=> sandbag, stun
=> bat
=> switch-hit
=> bat
=> bat
=> cut
=> thump, pound, poke
=> smack, thwack
=> belt
=> punch, plug
=> slug, slog, swig
=> whack, wham, whop, wallop
=> pummel, pommel, biff
=> buffet, buff
=> box
=> club, bludgeon
=> cudgel
=> strike
=> jab
=> dab, pat
=> butt, bunt
=> knock, strike hard
=> down knock down cut down push down pull down
=> submarine
=> spur
=> peck, pick beak
=> tap
=> percuss
=> hew
=> snag
=> sideswipe
=> whip, lash
=> beat
=> beat
=> beetle
=> bastinado
=> deck, coldcock, dump, knock down floor
=> whang
=> paste
=> thrash, thresh
=> hammer
=> sledgehammer, sledge
=> beat
=> sclaff
=> clout
=> rap, knap
=> knock
=> chop
=> slap
=> cuff, whomp
=> sclaff
=> smack
=> buffet, knock about batter
=> kiss, buss, osculate
=> smack, peck
=> kiss
=> mouth
=> press
=> squeeze
=> clench
=> grit
=> squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
=> wring
=> stamp
=> steamroller
=> tread
=> telescope
=> crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
=> drag down bear down bear down on press down on weigh down
=> knuckle
=> push
=> tag
=> nab
Sense 3
touch, stir
=> get
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on
=> focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on center
=> apply, hold go for
=> involve, affect, regard
=> implicate
=> matter to interest
=> intrigue, fascinate
=> grab, seize
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet contact
=> cover, spread over
=> flood
=> flow
=> inundate, deluge, submerge
=> swamp, drench
=> bloody
=> mist, mist over
=> glaciate
=> strew
=> grass, grass over
=> coat, cake
=> submerge, drown, overwhelm
=> mantle
=> blanket
=> carpet
=> smother
=> shroud
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> mold
=> conglutinate
=> agglutinate
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> leech onto
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, butt, butt against, butt on
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> surround, skirt, border
=> fringe
=> girdle, gird
=> enclose, inclose, shut in
=> tuck, insert
=> wall in wall up
=> brick in brick up brick over
=> embower, bower
=> enshrine, shrine
=> encase, case
=> pack
=> containerize
=> bag
=> pouch
=> bundle, bundle up roll up
=> stow, load
=> box, package
=> sack
=> crate
=> immerse, engross, swallow, swallow up bury, eat up
=> frame, frame in border
=> glass, glass in
=> bank
=> dike, dyke
=> encapsulate
=> fence, fence in
=> rope in rope off cordon off
=> casket
=> corral
=> fortify, fort
=> trench
=> hem in
=> lean on rest on lean against
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch
=> strike a blow
=> repercuss
=> tell on
=> redound
=> process, treat
=> iodize, iodise
=> nitrate
=> tank
=> oxygenate, oxygenize, oxygenise, aerate
=> mercerize, mercerise
=> malt
=> fluoridate, fluoridize, fluoridise
=> creosote
=> chlorinate
=> carbonate
=> camphorate
=> bromate, brominate
=> ammoniate
=> irradiate, ray
=> refine
=> nitrify, nitrogenize, nitrogenise
=> curry
=> seed
=> dose
=> winnow
=> sulphur, sulfur
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> chrome
=> bituminize, bituminise
=> Agenize, Agenise
=> run
=> rerun
=> carboxylate
=> digest
=> stomach
=> predigest
=> fumigate, fume
=> air-condition
=> queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
=> compromise
=> subject
=> incur
=> run
=> hit, strike
=> clap
=> subject
=> bacterize, bacterise
=> put
=> shipwreck
=> refract
=> expose
=> sun
=> air out air, aerate
=> overexpose
=> underexpose
=> expose
=> overexpose
=> underexpose
=> trouble, put out inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> influence, act upon work
=> prejudice, prepossess
=> bias, predetermine
=> slant, angle, weight
=> bias
=> handicap
=> imprint, form
=> militate
=> manipulate, pull strings, pull wires
=> color, colour
=> swing, swing over
=> blackmail, blackjack, pressure
=> carry, persuade, sway
=> get at
=> dominate
=> overbear
=> possess
Sense 9
reach, extend to touch
=> reach into
Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> upset
=> violate
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> receive
Sense 15
tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch
=> henna
=> tincture
Entailment of verb touch
2 of 15 senses of touch
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
=> denote, refer
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> partake, share, partake in
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb touch
15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
Also See-> touch down#1
Sense 2
touch
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 3
touch, stir
=> affect, impress, move strike
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet contact
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch
=> change, alter
Sense 7
touch
=> manage, deal care handle
Sense 8
touch
=> touch
Sense 9
reach, extend to touch
=> be
Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> change, alter
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
=> hint, suggest
Sense 13
touch
=> understand
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> consume, ingest, take in take have
Sense 15
tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch
=> dye
Familiarity of verb touch
touch used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 15)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb touch
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
=> hint, suggest
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Sense 1
touch
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Sense 2
touch
=> perceive, comprehend
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Sense 3
touch, stir
=> affect, impress, move strike
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Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet contact
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Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch
=> change, alter
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Sense 7
touch
=> manage, deal care handle
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Sense 8
touch
=> touch
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Sense 9
reach, extend to touch
=> be
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Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
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Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> change, alter
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Sense 13
touch
=> understand
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Sense 14
partake, touch
=> consume, ingest, take in take have
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Sense 15
tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch
=> dye
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Grep of noun touching
touching
Overview of noun touching
The noun touching has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. 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")
2. 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 (first 13 from tagged texts)
1. (33) touch -- (make physical contact with come in contact with "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband")
2. (5) touch -- (perceive via the tactile sense "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her")
3. (4) touch, stir -- (affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy")
4. (3) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on -- (be about have to do with be relevant to refer, pertain, or relate to "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk")
5. (3) 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")
6. (3) affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch -- (have an effect upon "Will the new rules affect me?")
7. (2) 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")
8. (2) touch -- (cause to be in brief contact with "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks")
9. (1) reach, extend to touch -- (to extend as far as "The sunlight reached the wall";"Can he reach?")
10. (1) 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")
11. (1) touch, disturb -- (tamper with "Don't touch my CDs!")
12. (1) allude, touch, advert -- (make a more or less disguised reference to "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it")
13. (1) touch -- (comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem")
14. partake, touch -- (touch, as of food; "She didn't touch her food all night")
15. tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch -- (dye with a color)
Overview of adj touching
The adj touching has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) 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")
Antonyms of adj touching
1 sense of touching
Sense 1
affecting, poignant, touching
INDIRECT (VIA moving) -> unmoving
Similarity of adj touching
1 sense of touching
Sense 1
affecting, poignant, touching
=> moving (vs. unmoving)
Attributes of adj touching
Familiarity of adj touching
touching used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj touching
touching
Overview of noun touching
The noun touching has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. 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")
2. 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 (first 13 from tagged texts)
1. (33) touch -- (make physical contact with come in contact with "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband")
2. (5) touch -- (perceive via the tactile sense "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her")
3. (4) touch, stir -- (affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy")
4. (3) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on -- (be about have to do with be relevant to refer, pertain, or relate to "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk")
5. (3) 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")
6. (3) affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch -- (have an effect upon "Will the new rules affect me?")
7. (2) 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")
8. (2) touch -- (cause to be in brief contact with "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks")
9. (1) reach, extend to touch -- (to extend as far as "The sunlight reached the wall";"Can he reach?")
10. (1) 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")
11. (1) touch, disturb -- (tamper with "Don't touch my CDs!")
12. (1) allude, touch, advert -- (make a more or less disguised reference to "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it")
13. (1) touch -- (comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem")
14. partake, touch -- (touch, as of food; "She didn't touch her food all night")
15. tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch -- (dye with a color)
Overview of adj touching
The adj touching has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) 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")
touching definition
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