Sense+of+touch

  • 71touch up — vb 1. British to caress sexually, grope. A phrase (often used derogatively) prevalent among adolescents. 2. to touch (someone) for (something) (in the sense of solicit a loan from) …

    Contemporary slang

  • 72sense organ — a collection of specialized cells (receptors), connected to the nervous system, that is capable of responding to a particular stimulus from either outside or inside the body. Sense organs can detect light (the eyes), heat, pain, and touch (the… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 73sense — sens n. any of the five faculties of perception (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste); feeling, perception, sensation; recognition, awareness; impression; intelligence; something that is reasonable; significance, meaning; purpose, point; merit,… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 74sense or senses —    The faculties through which the body perceives, receives and feels stimuli from outside, as the faculties of sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste, and balance. Or, a feeling, sensation, or perception. A meaning conveyed; signification. It may… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 75sense — n. one of the faculties by which the qualities of the external environment are appreciated – sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 76touch perception — noun the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain • Syn: ↑tactual sensation, ↑tactility, ↑skin perceptiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tactile (for: ↑tactility) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 77light touch — Synonyms and related words: breath, brush, caress, contact, cutaneous sense, feel, feeling, fingertip caress, flick, glance, graze, hand mindedness, kiss, lambency, lap, lick, rub, sense of touch, stroke, tactile sense, taction, tap, tentative… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 78somatic sense — noun the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs • Syn: ↑somesthesia, ↑somesthesis, ↑somaesthesia, ↑somaesthesis, ↑somatesthesia, ↑somataesthesis,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 79Human touch (disambiguation) — Human Touch may refer to:* Human Touch (Elvis Costello song), a song by Elvis Costello from the album Get Happy!! * Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song), a song by Bruce Springsteen * Human Touch (Rick Springfield song), a song by Rick… …

    Wikipedia

  • 80In touch — Touch Touch, n. [Cf. F. touche. See {Touch}, v. ] 1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact. [1913 Webster] Their touch affrights me as a serpent s sting. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) The sense by which pressure or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English