touch in English: To put your hand or another part of your body on something. (verb)

Translation

To put your hand or another part of your body on something.

Word origin

From Old French touchier, meaning to touch or to strike.

Origin: Old French
Root: touchier

Grammar

Verb typeregular (touch, touches, touched, touched)

Examples

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"Touch" means to put your hand on something.

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"Touches" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Touched" is the past form of "touch".

When you touch something, you put your hand or skin on it so you can feel it. We touch things to learn if they are soft, hard, hot, or cold.

Related words

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

hold

To have something in your hands or arms and keep it there.

feel

To have an emotion or a sense in your body, or to touch something to learn about it.

push

To press on something with your hands to move it away from you.

close

To move something so it is shut and not open.

tap

To hit something quickly and lightly.

contact

When people speak or write to each other, or when two things touch.

kiss

To touch someone with your lips to show love or to say hello.

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