Antonyms for touch

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : tuhch

Phonetic Transcription : tʌtʃ

Definition of touch

Origin : late 13c., from Old French touchier "to touch, hit, knock" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *toccare "to knock, strike" as a bell (cf. Spanish tocar, Italian toccare), perhaps of imitative origin. Meaning "to get or borrow money" first recorded 1760. Related: Touched; touching.
Touch and go (adj.) is recorded from 1812, apparently from the name of a tag-like game, first recorded 1650s. Touch football is first attested 1933. Touch-me-not (1590s) translates Latin noli-me-tangere.

noun physical contact
noun tiny amount
noun manner, method
verb make physical contact
verb have an effect on
verb have to do with; regard
verb make mention
verb compare with; correspond to

Example sentences :

But remember to touch your beaver where the hemlock boughs are low.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various

"You cannot," said Philip, putting her gently aside, while she shrank from his touch.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

But how wonderful and quick my touch has got, and how kind is heaven there, sir!
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

The touch, the choke in her voice, brought about Viviette's downfall.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

"You force me to touch on things I should have liked to keep hidden," said Austin.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

But the other thing was what happened, and it gave you a touch of the iron that a man needs in his blood.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

The minute you touch on religion, as commonly understood, you reach the sectarian.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

She would clasp him so close that evil should not touch him!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

So keen the blade, so soft the touch, the sleeper did not wake!
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

There are many uneducated preachers who move the classes the clergy cannot touch.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for touch

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