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# touch

«touch» in Mova's school dictionary: **To put your hand or another part of your body on something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (touch, touches, touched, touching); noun (a touch, touches; touch — the sense)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To put your hand or another part of your body on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m1)

2) When two things meet with no space between them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m2)

3) To make someone feel kind or sad feelings: "Her letter touched me." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m3)

4) As a noun, the sense that lets us feel things with our skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m4)

5) A small amount: "a touch of salt". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m5)

6) Contact: "keep in touch". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science, touch is one of the five senses; nerves in the skin feel pressure, heat, cold and pain. In safety: don't touch hot things, sharp things, plugs with wet hands, or unknown animals; your body belongs to you — no one should touch private parts; say no and tell. In sport, touch rugby. Phrases: keep in touch, get in touch, a touch of, touch wood, don't touch.

### examples

- Don't touch the hot oven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x1)
- Touch the leaf and feel how soft it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x2)
- The two shapes touch at one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x3)
- We feel things through our sense of touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x4)
- Keep in touch when you move away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x5)
- Never touch a plug with wet hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x6)
- Her kind words touched my heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x7)
- Add a touch of salt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x8)
- "Do not touch them," said Death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x9)

### note

Plural noun and he/she form: "touches". In maths, two lines "touch" if they meet at a point. Safe touch, unsafe touch: if a touch makes you uncomfortable, you can say no and tell a trusted adult.

### In the corpora

- [You should always ask before touching someone's bump.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/9/)
- [A keepsake can be very precious even when it is worth little money, so you should ask before touching it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/26-what-people-leave-behind/15/)
- [Crime is on the news a lot, but most people live their whole lives without serious crime touching them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/3/)
- [Happy tears come when people are moved, touched or very happy; they pass quickly and leave people feeling warm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/20/)
- [Never touching the remote again is not the answer; knowing what to do next time is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «touch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.