touching
tuh ching
- n the event of something coming in contact with the body
- n the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- v make physical contact with, come in contact with
- v perceive via the tactile sense
Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her - v affect emotionally
- v be relevant to
- v be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- v have an effect upon
- v deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- v cause to be in brief contact with
- v to extend as far as
- v be equal to in quality or ability
- v tamper with
- v make a more or less disguised reference to
- v comprehend
- v consume
- v color lightly
- s arousing affect
his gratitude was simple and touching
- Image Source Corbis Why does touching an item increase the likelihood of purchase? The motivation traces back to what behavioral economists have labeled the "endowment effect .
- But there was something touching, if maddening, about her refusal to renounce her love for the boy at the cost of her freedom.
- He denied actually touching her, but photographs suggest that he came quite close.