Sense+of+touch

  • 1sense of touch — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) (Freq. 10) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑skin senses, ↑touch… …

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  • 2sense of touch — ability to distinguish items by feeling them, ability to distinguish items solely by touch …

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  • 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… …

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  • 4touch# — 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 …

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  • 5Touch illusion — Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch. Some touch illusions require active touch (e.g., movement of the fingers or hands), whereas others can be evoked passively (e.g., with external stimuli that press against the… …

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  • 6touch — (touchdown) tÊŒtʃ six points obtained in American football by passing into the area of the rival while holding the football tÊŒtʃ n. contact; sense of touch; hit; bit, small amount v. make contact with, feel …

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  • 7touch|less — «TUHCH lihs», adjective. 1. lacking the sense of touch. 2. Figurative. intangible …

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  • 8Sense — Senses are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and… …

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  • 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)¦ …

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  • 10touch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. feel (see touch); contact; reach, equal, attain; pertain to, relate to; affect, move; tinge, imbue; slang, borrow from. See arrival, sensibility, relation, mixture, borrowing. touch up II …

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