touch+lightly
1touch upon — Synonyms and related words: address to, affect, allude to, answer to, appertain to, apply to, bear on, bear upon, belong to, blink, bring to attention, bring to notice, brush, brush by, call attention to, carefully ignore, cite, cold shoulder,… …
2touch# — touch vb 1 Touch, feel, palpate, handle, paw can all mean to lay the hand or fingers or an equally sensitive part of the body upon so as to get or produce a sensation often in examination or exploration. Touch usually stresses the act which leads …
3touch — [tuch] vt. [ME touchen < OFr tochier (Fr toucher) < VL * toccare < * tok, light blow, of echoic orig.] 1. to put the hand, the finger, or some other part of the body on, so as to feel; perceive by the sense of feeling 2. to bring into… …
4Touch — 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 …
5Touch — Touch, v. i. 1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] [1913 Webster] Strong waters pierce… …
6touch in — ► touch in lightly mark in (details) with a brush or pencil. Main Entry: ↑touch …
7touch — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more points. 2 tr. (often foll. by with) bring the hand etc. into contact with (touched her arm). 3 a intr. (of two things etc.) be in or come into contact with… …
8touch — verb 1》 come into or be in contact with. ↘come or bring into mutual contact. ↘bring one s hand or another part of one s body into contact with. ↘strike (a ball) lightly in a specified direction. 2》 harm or interfere with. ↘[usu.… …
9touch — touch1 W2S2 [tʌtʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feel)¦ 2¦(no space between)¦ 3 touch something to something 4¦(affect somebody s feelings)¦ 5¦(have an effect)¦ 6¦(use)¦ 7 not touch something 8 not touch somebody/something 9¦(deal with somebody/something)¦ …
10touch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of touching sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ delicate, gentle, light, slight ▪ The slightest touch will set off the alarm. PREPOSITION ▪ …
