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noun
- the act of touching physically
- close interaction
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
- a communicative interaction
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
verb
noun
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
noun
- Physical contact with another person, touch.
- A botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.
- Especially good or sophisticated cinema.
adj
verb
noun
- The sense of touch; feeling.
- The stroke in beating time.
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
- A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
verb
verb
- To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- To use the hands.
- To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- To manage, control, or direct.
noun
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- A point, an extremity of land.
- The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
verb
- To move with one's fingertips.
- To scratch or to tear at.
- To use the claws to climb.
- To perform a claw catch.
- To use the claws to seize, to grip.
noun
- The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
- A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
- A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
- A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
- The act of catching a ball overhand.
- A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
- A foot equipped with such.
noun
- The act of touching a touch screen.
- A device used to dispense liquids.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- An interception of communication by authority.
- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
- The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
- Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
- A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
- An Indian malarial fever.
- A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
verb
- To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To put a new sole or heel on.
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To furnish with taps.
- To exploit.
- To cadge, borrow or beg.
- To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- To strike lightly.
- To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
- To cut an internal screw thread.
- To make a sharp noise.
- To intercept a communication without authority.
- To force (an opponent) to submit.
verb
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
noun
verb
- To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- To mount; to move upwards on.
- To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
- to jump high
- Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
- to practise the sport of climbing
- To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To ascend; rise; to go up.
noun
adv
prep
- Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
- Used to indicate result of action.
- Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
- Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
- At.
- Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
- Preceding the next hour.
- Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
- Denotes the end of a range.
- Often used without the hour
- Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
- according to
- Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
particle
noun
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
verb
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- be bright by reflecting or casting light
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- be distinguished or eminent
- be clear and obvious
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- make (a surface) shine
noun
verb
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- come under, be classified or included
- fall from clouds
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- be captured
- occur at a specified time or place
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose office or power
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- move in a specified direction
- be due
- lose one's chastity
- to be given by right or inheritance
- come into the possession of
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be inherited by
- slope downward
- lose an upright position suddenly
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- fall or flow in a certain way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- be cast down
- come out; issue
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- begin vigorously
- go as if by falling
- come as if by falling
noun
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a downward slope or bend
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a movement downward
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
verb
noun
- the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
- a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
- any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
- an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
verb
- To touch or hit something while moving.
- To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- To get acquainted with someone.
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- To play a match.
- To balance or come out correct.
- To come together in conflict.
- To adjoin, be physically touching.
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
noun
- The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- A meeting.
- A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
verb
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
- row at a particular rate
- treat gingerly or carefully
noun
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a light touch
- a light touch with the hands
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a single complete movement
noun
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- A powerful underarm volley shot.
verb
noun
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a spell of cold weather
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- a sudden sharp noise
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
verb
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- move or strike with a noise
- close with a snapping motion
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- put in play with a snap
- cause to make a snapping sound
- lose control of one's emotions
- bring the jaws together
- record on photographic film
noun
- A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
- An act of fondling.
- A feeling; an emotion.
- A vague mental impression.
- An intuitive ability.
- A vague understanding.
verb
- To experience an emotion or other mental state.
- To search by sense of touch.
- To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
- To be or become aware of.
- To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
- To seem (through touch or otherwise).
- To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
- To understand.
- To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
- To experience the consequences of.
- To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
noun
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- A small piece of meat.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
- A recycling centre.
- A piece of advice.
- Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- A very untidy place.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.
verb
- (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- To dump (refuse).
- To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.
- (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- To give, pass.
verb
- To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
- To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
- To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
- To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
verb
- To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
- To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
noun
- A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.
- A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
- An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.
- The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth, conjunction.
- A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
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