touch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.

   “I touched his face softly.”

2. fiil To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.

   “Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.”

3. fiil To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.

   “They stood next to each other, their shoulders touching.”

4. fiil To make physical contact with a thing.

   “Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?”

5. fiil To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.

   “If you touch her, I'll kill you.”

6. fiil To make intimate physical contact with a person.

   “The man was arrested for touching a girl without her consent.”

7. fiil To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.

   “Her parents had caught her touching herself when she was fifteen.”

8. fiil To have sexual intercourse with

   “Tell me the truth, did you touch her?”

9. fiil To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.

   “He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.”

10. fiil To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.

    “Frankly, this wood's so strong that sandpaper won't touch it.”

11. fiil To begin to consume, or otherwise use.

    “Are you all right? You've hardly touched your lunch.”

12. fiil Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).

    “Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko, and its commander — from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain — this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.”

13. fiil To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.

    “But in fact the English kings of the seventeenth century usually began to touch form the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.”

14. fiil To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

    “Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver.”

15. fiil To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
16. fiil To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
17. fiil To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.

    “to touch the wind”

18. fiil To imbue or endow with a specific quality.

    “My grandfather, as many people know, was touched with greatness.”

19. fiil To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to.

    “Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear; for besides those terrors which I have before touched, […] there is a superstitious fear […] which much trouble many of us.”

20. fiil To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).

    “'Well, but since we have touched upon this business, and for the last time I hope,' continued the doctor, 'there is one point I should like you to understand.[…]'”

21. isim An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.

    “Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.”

22. isim The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.

    “With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.”

23. isim The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.

    “He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.”

24. isim The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.

    “a heavy touch, or a light touch”

25. isim A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

    “Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.”

26. isim A little bit; a small amount.

    “Move it left just a touch and it will be perfect.”

27. isim The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.

    “He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch.”

28. isim A relationship of close communication or understanding.

    “He promised to keep in touch while he was away.”

29. isim The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.

    “I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my touch.”

30. isim Act or power of exciting emotion.

    “Not alone / The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, / Do strongly speak to us.”