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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Touch \Touch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Touched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Touching.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic
origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G.
zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G.
ziehen, akin to E. tug. See Tuck, v. t., Tug, and cf.
Tocsin, Toccata.]
1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against;
to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or
rest on.
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Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear
Touched lightly. --Milton.
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2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
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Nothing but body can be touched or touch. --Greech.
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3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
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The god, vindictive, doomed them never more
Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore.
--Pope.
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4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]
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Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. --Shak.
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5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
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The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --Shak.
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6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
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Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --Chaucer.
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7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the
books. --Pope.
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8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to
melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity,
compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.
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What of sweet before
Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh.
--Milton.
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The tender sire was touched with what he said.
--Addison.
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9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke
to with the pencil or brush.
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The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn
right. --Pope.
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10. To infect; to affect slightly. --Bacon.
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11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
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Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch
it. --Moxon.
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12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an
instrument of music.
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[They] touched their golden harps. --Milton.
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13. To perform, as a tune; to play.
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A person is the royal retinue touched a light and
lively air on the flageolet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. `` No decree
of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse
his free will,'' --Milton.
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15. To harm, afflict, or distress.
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Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do
us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --Gen.
xxvi. 28, 29.
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16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;
to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the
past participle.
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She feared his head was a little touched. --Ld.
Lytton.
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17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
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18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
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19. To compare with; to be equal to; -- usually with a
negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could
touch an open fire. [Colloq.]
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20. To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch
one for a loan; hence, to steal from. [Slang]
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To touch a sail (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind
that its weather leech shakes.
To touch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the
wind as possible.
To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or
emendation.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Touch \Touch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Touched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Touching.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic
origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G.
zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G.
ziehen, akin to E. tug. See Tuck, v. t., Tug, and cf.
Tocsin, Toccata.]
1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against;
to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or
rest on.
Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched
lightly. --Milton.
2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
Nothing but body can be touched or touch. --Greech.
3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
The god, vindictive, doomed them never more- Ah, men
unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. --Pope.
4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. --Shak.
5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --Shak.
6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --Chaucer.
7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the
books. --Pope.
8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to
melt; to soften.
What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat
seems to this and harsh. --Milton.
The tender sire was touched with what he said.
--Addison.
9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke
to with the pencil or brush.
The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn
right. --Pope.
10. To infect; to affect slightly. --Bacon.
11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch
it. --Moxon.
12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an
instrument of music.
[They] touched their golden harps. --Milton.
13. To perform, as a tune; to play.
A person is the royal retinue touched a light and
lively air on the flageolet. --Sir W.
Scott.
14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. `` No decree
of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse
his free will,'' --Milton.
15. To harm, afflict, or distress.
Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do
us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --Gen.
xxvi. 28, 29.
16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;
to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the
past participle.
She feared his head was a little touched. --Ld.
Lytton.
17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
To touch a sail (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind
that its weather leech shakes.
To touch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the
wind as possible.
To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or
emendation.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
touched
adj 1: being colored slightly; sometimes used in combination;
"white petals touched with pink"; "the resplendent
sun-touched flag"; "pink-tinged apple blossoms" [syn:
tinged]
2: having come into contact [ant: untouched]
3: slightly insane [syn: fey, touched(p)]
4: emotionally affected; "very touched by the stranger's
kindness" [syn: affected(p), stirred(p), touched(p)]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
touched
a.
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
vb.
(infl of en touch ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
touched
a.
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
vb.
(infl of en touch ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
touched
a.
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
vb.
(infl of en touch ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
touched
a.
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
vb.
(infl of en touch ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
touched
Englanti a.
liikuttunut
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm t ouch ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
touched
Engelska a.
(avledning en touch ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb touch)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Touched /tˈʌtʃt/ ممسوسFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
touched //tʌt͡ʃt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]развълнуван, трогнат moved
touched /tˈʌtʃt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]dojatý
touched /tˈʌtʃt/ dotkl seFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
touched /tˈʌtʃt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]dotčený
touched /tˈʌtʃt/
aneinandergegrenzt, aneinandergestoßen
Synonyms: adjoined, met
see: adjoin, touch, meet, adjoining, touching, meeting
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
touched /tˈʌtʃt/
berührt, angefasst, angegriffen, angerührt, angelangt
"I/he/she touched" - ich/er/sie berührte, ich/er/sie fasste an, ich/er/sie griff an
"he/she has/had touched" - er/sie hat/hatte berührt, er/sie hat/hatte angefasst, er/sie hat/hatte angegriffen
"He has touched a sore spot." - Er hat einen wunden Punkt berührt.
"I feel touched." - Ich bin gerührt.
see: touch sth., touching, he/she touches, voluptuous to touch, Don't touch it!, Don't touch!, Please do not touch!, Make sure not to touch anything!, Don't touch me!, Don't you touch me!
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]touched /tˈʌtʃt/ gegrenzt an see: touch, touchingFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
touched //tʌt͡ʃt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]liikuttunut moved
touched /tˈʌtʃt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. प्रभावित~होना "She was deeply touched by his sad story."
touched /tˈʌtʃt/ ganut, napipašeFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
touched /tˈʌtʃt/ 1. dilis 2. meghatott 3. megindult 4. kissé bolondosFrom English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
touched /tˈʌtʃt/ comovido, tocadoFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
touched //tʌt͡ʃt//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]rörd moved
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈtətʃt/
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "touched":
abject, abnormal, affected, agonized, apologetic, bereft of reason,
brainsick, contrite, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, daft,
deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged, devoured by,
disoriented, distraught, flighty, hallucinated, humble, humbled,
imbued with, impressed, impressed with, insane, irrational, loco,
lunatic, mad, maddened, manic, mazed, melted, mental,
mentally deficient, meshuggah, moon-struck, moved, non compos,
non compos mentis, not all there, not right, obsessed, obsessed by,
odd, of unsound mind, off, penetrated with, penitent, penitential,
penitentiary, psycho, queer, racked, reasonless, repentant,
seized with, senseless, sheepish, sick, softened, stark-mad,
stark-staring mad, strange, stricken, tetched, torn, tortured,
unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound, wandering,
witless, wracked
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]a. 精神失常的,稍为精神不正常的,受感动的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 精神失常的,稍为精神不正常的,受感动的