To ask from; borrow or obtain from: as, to touch an acquaintance for a dollar.n. In medicine, palpation, especially examination of the cavities of the body by the finger.n. In sugar manufacturing, See string-proof.n. A theft; pocket-picking.To perceive (an object) by means of physical contact with it; especially, to perceive (an object) by bringing the hand into contact with it; hence, to perceive (an object) by bringing something held in the hand (as a cane or a pointer), or otherwise connected with the body, into contact with it.To be in contact with; specifically, in geometry, to be tangent to. See tangent.To come in contact with: literally or figuratively.To be near or contiguous to; impinge or border upon; hence, to come up to; approach; reach; attain to; hence, also, to compare with.To bring into contact.To bring the hand, finger, or the like into contact with; place the hand or finger to or upon; hit or strike gently or lightly; give a slight tap or pat to with the hand, the tip of the finger, something held in the hand, or in any way: as, to touch the hat or cap in salutation; to touch a sore spot; to touch a piece at chess; formerly, in a specific use, to lay the hand or finger upon for the purpose of curing of a disease, especially scrofula, or the disease called the king's evil (a former practice of the sovereigns of France and England).To handle; meddle with; interfere with.To lay hands on for the purpose of harming; hence, to hurt, injure, annoy, or distress.To test by contact, as in trying gold with a touchstone; hence, to test; try; probe.To touch upon; handle or treat lightly or cursorily; refer or allude to, as in passing.To communicate; speak; tell; rehearse; relate; mention.Of a musical instrument, to cause to sound; play: usually applied to instruments that are sounded by striking or twanging, but extended to others.To perform on an instrument, as a piece of music.To paint or form by touches or strokes as of a pen or brush; mark or delineate by light touches or strokes, as an artist.To improve or finish, as a drawing, by adding a stroke here and there, as with a pen, pencil, or brush; retouch: usually with up.To take, as food, drink, etc.; help one's self to; hence, to partake of; taste.To infect or impair by contact; stain; blot; blemish; taint.To impair mentally in some slight degree; affect slightly with craziness: used chiefly in the past participle.To attack; hence, to animadvert upon; take to task; censure; reprove; ridicule.To sting; nettle, as with some sharp speech.To fall upon; strike; affect; impress.To affect or move mentally or emotionally; fill with passion or tender feeling; affect or move, as with pity; hence, to melt; soften.To make an impression on; have an effect on; act on.To influence by impulse; impel forcibly.To affect; concern; relate to.To swindle; cheat; act dishonestly by: as, to touch one's mate.To discharge, as a cannon.To remind; jog the memory of.To be in contact; be in a state of junction, so that no appreciable space is between: as, two spheres touch only in one point.Specifically To lay the hand or finger upon a person for the purpose of curing a disease, especially scrofula, or king's evil.To reach; extend.To make a passing call, as a ship on a voyage: commonly with at, rarely with on.To mention or treat something slightly in discourse; refer cursorily or in passing: commonly with on or upon.To bow or salute by touching the hat or cap.To rob.To stand the test.To have or take effect; act.Nautical, of the sails of a square-rigged vessel, to be in such a position that their weather-leeches shake from the ship being steered so close to the wind.Nautical, to graze the bottom with the keel for a moment, as a vessel under sail, without lessening of the speed.n. That sense by which mechanical pressure upon the surface of the body (the skin, with the lips, the interior of the mouth, etc.) is perceived; sensibility to pressure, weight, and muscular resistance; the sense of feeling; taction. With this is sometimes reckoned sensibility to temperature. The sense of touch is most acute in those parts of the body that are freely movable, especially in the tips of the fingers. It is the most fundamental and least specialized or localized of the senses. See tactile corpuscles, under corpuscle.n. Mental or moral feeling; moral perception or appreciation.n. Contact.n. Figuratively, a close relation of mutual confidence, sympathy, interest, or the like; sympathy; accord or harmony in relation to common interests: as, to be out of touch with the times; to keep in touch with the people.n. Pressure, or application of pressure; impaet; a slight stroke, tap, push, or the like: often used figuratively.n. A slight or brief sound.n. The impression conveyed to the mind by contact or pressure; effect on the sense of contact with something; feel: as, an object with a slimy touch.n. A jog; a hint; a reminder; a slight experience.n. A stroke or dash as with a pen, pencil, or brush, literally or figuratively: as, a touch of bright color; also, any slight added effort or action, such as that expended on some completed work in order to give it finish.n. Figuratively, something resembling a light stroke or touch.n. A shade; a trifle; a slight quantity or degree.n. A taint; a blemish; a defect; an impairment.n. A slight attack or stroke; a twinge; a pang; a feeling: as, a touch of rheumatism.n. A momentary manifestation or exhibition; an indication; a view; a peep; a glimpse.n. A trait or feature; a prominent or outstanding quality or characteristic.n. Manner; style; bearing.n. The skill or nicety with which a performer uses his instrument; the peculiar manner in which an author uses his pen, an artist his brush, or a workman his tools; characteristic skill or method of handling by which the artist or workman may be known; execution; manipulation; finish.n. In pianoforte -and organ-playing, a method of depressing a digital or pedal so as to produce a tone of a particular quality.n. Make; style; sort.n. A thing, or a style of thing, involving the expenditure of a particular sum, or obtainable for such a sum: as, a penny touch.n. A musical note or strain.n. Attack; animadversion; censure; blame.n. Personal reference or allusion; personality.n. A touchstone; that by which anything is examined; a test, as of gold by a touchstone; a proof; a criterion; an assay; hence, the stamp applied by the Goldsmiths' Company to a piece of plate testifying to its fineness: as, a gilt piece of the old touch (that is, of the stamp formerly in use).n. Some stone of a very durable character, suitable for preserving inscriptions or for fine monumental work.n. In ship-building, the broadest part of a plank worked top and butt, or the middle of a plank worked anchor-stock fashion; also, the angles of the stern-timbers at the counters.n. In magnetism, the magnetization of a steel bar or needle by repeated contact with one or more magnets: single, double, and separate touch describe different methods.n. In bell-ringing, a partial series of changes.n. Same as toccata.n. (b ) To keep faith or one's appointment or engagement; fulfil one's duty or functions.
