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(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To touch; concern; befall.
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(obsolete, transitive) To touch lightly.
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(transitive) To touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.
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To touch a person's interests or feelings closely; to be fully understood or realised.
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(transitive, occasionally proscribed) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
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(obsolete) An act of touching.
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(obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers.
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Alternative form of feel in one's water. [To feel or know (something) intuitively and with a sense of certainty.]
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To come into contact or collide with.
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Dealing with or interacting with a human being as opposed to transacting with computers or through high tech.
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That is subject to a high volume of direct contact by human hands.
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The test used in collision detection to determine whether two objects are touching.
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(rare) The condition of being in touch (with something).
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(idiomatic, colloquial) To merely touch.
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(transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
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To touch or hit something while moving.
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(UK, slang) Synonym of need one's head examined
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Alternative form of need one's bumps feeling [(UK, slang) Synonym of need one's head examined]
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(intransitive) To make contact.
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To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
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(idiomatic) to distinguish; discern
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Alternative form of pin one's ears back [(UK, informal) To listen attentively.]
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(idiomatic) To attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.
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(military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
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(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
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(psychology) To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
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The act of touching; touch; contact.
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Alternative form of talk around [To persuade someone by spoken arguments.]
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(idiomatic) To assert something as true or valid; to bluff.
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To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
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(obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.
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(regional) Pronunciation spelling of touch. [(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.]
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(intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
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(physics) To bring two subcritical masses close together in order to find the edge of criticality.
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(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
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Synonym of strike a chord
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(idiomatic) To make a remark or perform a deed which produces a strong response, especially an emotional response such as anxiety or annoyance, because it calls to mind something which has been a source of concern or embarrassment.
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Alternative form of touch a nerve [(idiomatic) To make a remark or perform a deed which produces a strong response, especially an emotional response such as anxiety or annoyance, because it calls to mind something which has been a source of concern or embarrassment.]
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(Scientology) The pseudoscientific practice of touching a person who is injured or ill for the purpose of healing.
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(by extension, colloquial, Canada, US, usually with "with") To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate.
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To reach the lowest point.
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(intransitive, slang) To be just on the point of soiling oneself.
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(US) The hands-on production or technical aspects of a task or service at the operational level of an organization.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
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Alternative form of tug one's forelock [(intransitive, often satirical or contemptuous) To show deference or obsequious respect.]
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Alternative form of touch grass [(Internet slang) To spend time outside. An insult suggesting that a person posting online is out of touch with reality and should spend time away from the internet.]
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Alternative form of touch the hem of someone's garment [(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone; to draw strength or comfort from someone who is superior.]
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Alternative form of touch the hem of someone's garment [(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone; to draw strength or comfort from someone who is superior.]
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(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone; to draw strength or comfort from someone who is superior.
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Alternative form of touch the hem of someone's garment [(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone; to draw strength or comfort from someone who is superior.]
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A tour of a museum, gallery, etc. for blind or visually impaired people, allowing them to interact with the exhibits by touching them.
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Alternative form of touch on [(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.]
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(UK, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, India) To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.
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Alternative form of touch and go [Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).]
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(Tyneside, derogatory) A person who tries get something out of others for nothing in return.
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Alternative form of touch piece [(historical) A coin or medallion given to someone in Britain after they had been touched by the sovereign as a cure for the king's evil.]
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A physical point of contact; a surface which regularly is touched by people.
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Alternative form of need one's bumps feeling [(UK, slang) Synonym of need one's head examined]
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