Touch+in+extent
1touch — [[t]tʌ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ touches, touching, touched 1) VERB If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it. [V n] Her tiny hands gently touched my face... [V n] Don t touch that dial... [V …
2touch-dry — The condition after respraying a body when the paint coat has dried to an extent that foreign substances will not stick to the surfaces and light finger pressure will not leave any marks; the coat has not yet hardened completely, however, i.e.,… …
3a touch — to a slight degree; a little the water was a touch too chilly for us * * * a touch : to a small extent : ↑slightly She aimed a touch [=a bit, a little] too low and missed. Can you turn up the radio a touch more? • • • Main Entry: ↑touch …
4reach — I. v. a. 1. Extend, stretch, stretch forth, hold forth. 2. Touch in extent, extend to. 3. Strike, hit. 4. Arrive at, come to, get to, get at, make way to. 5. Get, obtain, attain to, gain, be advanced to. II. v. n. Extend, be extended. III …
5India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
6literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
7Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
8interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …
9painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
10nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
