TOUCH
What does "TOUCH" mean?
To make physical contact with something, typically with the hand.
Meanings
- To come into or make physical contact with something or someone. Please don't touch the paintings.
- To affect someone emotionally; to move. Her speech touched everyone in the room. figurative
- The faculty of sensation by physical contact; the sense of feeling. Babies learn the world through touch before sight.
- A small amount or slight trace of something. The soup needs a touch more salt.
Did you know?
- Human fingertips are extraordinarily sensitive: studies suggest we can feel surface ridges only about 13 nanometers high - thousands of times thinner than a hair.
Word origin
From Old French 'tochier', 'to touch, hit, knock', probably from Vulgar Latin 'toccare', 'to knock or strike', perhaps of imitative origin from the sound of a tap.
Remember it
TOUCH hides 'ouch' - the moment contact goes wrong, touch becomes ouch.
A little poem
Before the eye, before the word,
a hand on a shoulder in the dark-
the first language we ever learned.
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Wordplay
- I have a great sense of touch but a terrible sense of tact - I keep telling people things that are touching but not the kind they want.
What it teaches
The lightest contact can move the most; you do not have to push hard to change someone.
Quick facts
What does TOUCH mean?
To make physical contact with something, typically with the hand.
Is TOUCH a valid word?
Yes — TOUCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TOUCH?
TOUCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TOUCH come from?
From Old French 'tochier', 'to touch, hit, knock', probably from Vulgar Latin 'toccare', 'to knock or strike', perhaps of imitative origin from the sound of a tap.
What can TOUCH teach us?
The lightest contact can move the most; you do not have to push hard to change someone.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.