(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To perceive by the sense of feeling.
(v. t.) To come to; to reach; to attain to.
(v. t.) To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
(v. t.) To relate to; to concern; to affect.
(v. t.) To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
(v. t.) To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
(v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.
(v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
(v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.
(v. t.) To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
(v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
(v. t.) To perform, as a tune; to play.
(v. t.) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
(v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress.
(v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
(v. t.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
(a.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
(v. i.) To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
(v. i.) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
(v. i.) To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
(v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
(v.) The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
(v.) The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.
(v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.
(v.) An emotion or affection.
(v.) Personal reference or application.
(v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
(v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
(v.) Feature; lineament; trait.
(v.) The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.
(v.) A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
(v.) A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
(v.) A slight and brief essay.
(v.) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
(v.) Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
(v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.
(v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), 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.
(n.) That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
(n.) A boys' game; tag.
Example Sentences:
(1) On 9 January 2002, a few hours after Blair became the first western leader to visit Afghanistan's new post-Taliban leader, Hamid Karzai, an aircraft carrying the first group of MI5 interrogators touched down at Bagram airfield, 32 miles north of Kabul.
(2) He was very touched that President Nicolas Sarkozy came out to the airport to meet us, even after Madiba retired.
(3) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(4) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(5) Gove, who touched on no fewer than 11 policy areas, made his remarks in the annual Keith Joseph memorial lecture organised by the Centre for Policy Studies, the Thatcherite thinktank that was the intellectual powerhouse behind her government.
(6) In 120 consecutive patients who had colonic roentgenologic examination and no depressive sign, two had coccygeal and muscular pain at rectal touch.
(7) The Tories were seen as out of touch and for the few.
(8) Domino’s had been in touch with Driscoll on Thursday morning and was “working to make it up to him ... and to ensure he is not out of pocket for any expenses incurred”.
(9) A growing educated middle class is losing touch with apartheid history and seeking alternatives.
(10) Single cells in pairs or clusters of touching cells in each exposure group were examined with FRAP.
(11) Conroy, out at the ovarian cancer event we’ve already touched on, was unrepentent as he was chased down the corridor by reporters.
(12) "For tax evaders, she should turn to Pasok and New Democracy to explain to her why they haven't touched the big money and have been chasing the simple worker for two years."
(13) I tweet, check Facebook, chat with friends, keep in touch with colleagues, check in using Foursquare, use it to check work emails from home and organise notes using Evernote.
(14) 1-1 2.15am GMT 48 mins Giles Barnes is down again, turning his ankle under a challenge (but not actually touched by the tackle).
(15) It is concluded that chronic peripheral nerve section affects the anatomical and physiological mechanisms underlying the formation of light touch receptive fields of dorsal horn neurons in the lumbosacral cord of the adult cat, but that the resulting reorganization of receptive fields is spatially restricted.
(16) When the plane bringing his friend in touched down, they were greeted with a recorded welcome from the Queen telling them that they had now arrived in a safe country.
(17) We analyzed the trophoblast subpopulations which appear on touch smears of chorionic villi morphologically and immunohistochemically, using the uterine contents of 37 cases of induced abortion.
(18) Bill Clinton (@billclinton) Just touched down in Africa with @ChelseaClinton .
(19) Right now I think the discussion is not honest and practical, it is hysterical and political.” In contrast to the IOC, which did not contact McLaren, he said the International Paralympic Committee had been in close touch as it decides on whether to ban the Russian team.
(20) Rat pups from 12 litters were handled daily, once every three days, or never touched between postnatal Days 5 and 20.
Tough
Definition:
(superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
(superl.) Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
(superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
(superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
(superl.) Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
Example Sentences:
(1) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(2) Nick Robins, head of the Climate Change Centre at HSBC, said: "If you think about low-carbon energy only in terms of carbon, then things look tough [in terms of not using coal].
(3) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(4) A lfred Ekpenyong knows first hand how tough it can be to find a secure foothold in mainstream society after leaving prison.
(5) The texture of a food item can be distinguished in hardness, toughness, stickiness, juiciness and chewability.
(6) Even as the Obama administration moves to deal with some of Guantánamo's most notorious captives, it faces tough challenges to closing the facility.
(7) "It's a tough group but other groups are also tough.
(8) This allowed it to claim that it was becoming more professional, tough minded and responsible.
(9) The austerity programmes administered by western governments in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis were, of course, intended as a remedy, a tough but necessary course of treatment to relieve the symptoms of debts and deficits and to cure recession.
(10) And he pleased the audience with an acknowledgement that social work is a tough job and social workers only human.
(11) Trade unions have sought to highlight the insecurity of workers who have been forced into self-employment in the tough jobs market of recent years.
(12) UK negotiatiors, though, fought back hard -- thus Cameron's fighting talk in his press conference ( see 12.46pm ) 12.49pm BST Open Europe tweets Cameron's tough talk on the rebate: Open Europe (@OpenEurope) Cameron: in Feb we reached a clear deal rebate would remain unchanged, since then some have tried to question this agreement June 28, 2013 Open Europe (@OpenEurope) Cameron: I defeated these attempts to change the rebate, it will remain unchanged for this long term budget June 28, 2013 12.46pm BST David Cameron press conference underway In Brussels, David Cameron is holding his press conference now.
(13) The mechanical properties of compressed beam specimens of microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel pH 101) have been assessed in terms of the tensile strength (sigma t), Young's modulus (E) and the following fracture mechanics parameters: the critical stress intensity factor (KIC), the critical strain energy release rate (GIC) and the fracture toughness (R).
(14) "2013 was a tough year for us both in minerals and in oil and gas," Cochrane said, adding that the group had relied on"self help", including diversification which offset some of the challenges in its core mining market, improving operational efficiency, and strong growth in its after sales business, where orders were up 16% on 2012 and which accounted for 63% of revenues last year.
(15) "We carved out a few chances, but it was tough to break them down."
(16) Channel 5 will be hoping for a similar return for its new series, although with the launch audience around a third down on last year's opener, it may prove a tough ask.
(17) Dimon, the charismatic leader of the bank, had enjoyed a reputation as a tough, strict taskmaster, the kind of CEO every bank should have.
(18) Cameron put all of his betting chips on what seemed to be the party's trump card: the "vote for us, we're tough on migration and tough on migrants" strategy.
(19) As well as limited terms for MPs, Grillo has called for a referendum on the euro and a tough line on immigration.
(20) "It's a tough game but our best football has come in this competition and we'll try and show it next week.