touch - Meaning in Hindi

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touch - Meaning in Hindi

touch Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of touch in English

touch noun

1. a distinguishing style

   Synonyms

   signature

   हस्ताक्षर

   Example

   • "this room needs a woman's touch"
2. the act of putting two things together with no space between them

   Synonyms

   touching

   Example

   • "at his touch the room filled with lights"
3. a slight attack of illness

   Synonyms

   spot, spot

   Example

   • "he has a touch of rheumatism"
4. a slight but appreciable amount

   Synonyms

   hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge

   Example

   • "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
5. the event of something coming in contact with the body

   Synonyms

   touching

   Examples

   • "he longed for the touch of her hand"
   • "the cooling touch of the night air"
6. a communicative interaction

   Synonyms

   contact

   Examples

   • "he got in touch with his colleagues"
   • "the pilot made contact with the base"
7. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

   Example

   • "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
8. a suggestion of some quality

   Synonyms

   ghost, trace, trace

   Examples

   • "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
   • "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"
9. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

   Synonyms

   feeling, feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation

   Examples

   • "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"
   • "the surface had a greasy feeling"
10. the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

    Synonyms

    cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality

    Example

    • "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
11. deftness in handling matters

    Example

    • "he has a master's touch"
12. the feel of mechanical action

    Example

    • "this piano has a wonderful touch"

touch verb

1. to extend as far as

   Synonyms

   extend to, reach, reach

   Examples

   • "Can he reach?"
   • "The chair must not touch the wall"
   • "The sunlight reached the wall"
2. be relevant to

   Synonyms

   bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch on

   Examples

   • "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
   • "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"
3. be equal to in quality or ability

   Synonyms

   equal, match, rival

   Examples

   • "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
   • "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"
   • "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"
4. deal with; usually used with a form of negation

   Examples

   • "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"
   • "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"
5. perceive via the tactile sense

   Example

   • "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
6. affect emotionally

   Synonyms

   stir, stir

   Examples

   • "A stirring movie"
   • "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
7. tamper with

   Synonyms

   disturb

   Example

   • "Don't touch my CDs!"
8. cause to be in brief contact with

   Example

   • "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
9. make physical contact with, come in contact with

   Examples

   • "She never touched her husband"
   • "Touch the stone for good luck"
10. be in direct physical contact with; make contact

    Synonyms

    adjoin, contact, meet

    Examples

    • "The surfaces contact at this point"
    • "The two buildings touch"
    • "The wire must not contact the metal cover"
    • "Their hands touched"
11. consume

    Synonyms

    partake

    Example

    • "She didn't touch her food all night"
12. make a more or less disguised reference to

    Synonyms

    advert, allude

    Example

    • "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
13. comprehend

    Example

    • "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
14. color lightly

    Synonyms

    tinct, tinge, tint

    Examples

    • "her greying hair was tinged blond"
    • "the leaves were tinged red in November"
15. have an effect upon

    Synonyms

    affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, impact, touch on

    Example

    • "Will the new rules affect me?"

Synonyms of touch

• touching
• signature
• cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality
• feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation
• ghost, trace
• contact
• touching
• hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge
• spot
• affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch on
• tinct, tinge, tint
• advert, allude
• partake
• adjoin, contact, meet
• disturb
• stir
• equal, match, rival
• bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch on
• extend to, reach

Description

Touch is perceiving the environment using skin. Specialized receptors in the skin send signals to the brain indicating light and soft pressure, hot and cold, body position and pain. It is a subset of the sensory nervous system, which also includes the visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and vestibular senses.

Also see "Somatosensory system" on Wikipedia

More matches for touch

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