ETYM Old Eng. felan.
An intuitive awareness; or.

The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

ETYM Cf. French touche. Related to Touch.
Sensation produced by specialized nerve endings in the skin. Some respond to light pressure, others to heavy pressure. Temperature detection may also contribute to the overall sensation of touch. Many animals, such as nocturnal ones, rely on touch more than humans do. Some have specialized organs of touch that project from the body, such as whiskers or antennae.
(Irregular plural: touches).
1. The faculty of touch; SYN. sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses.
2. The event of something coming in contact with the body; SYN. touching.
3. The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; SYN. touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling.
4. The act of putting two things together with no space between them; SYN. touching.
5. A small but appreciable amount; SYN. hint, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon.
6. A suggestion of some quality; SYN. trace, ghost.
7. The act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan).
8. Deftness in handling matters.
9. The feel of mechanical action.
10. A distinguishing style; SYN. signature.
11. A slight attack of illness; SYN. spot.

1. To act physically on; have an effect upon.
2. To have an effect upon; SYN. impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch.
3. To have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; SYN. impress, move, strike.
4. Have an effect on; influence; move emotionally; (of disease, etc.)
5. Attack; damage; make a show or pretence of; adopt, assume (a manner, mood, or emotional state); show a preference for

1. To be felt or perceived in a certain way.
2. To examine by touch; SYN. finger.
3. To find by testing or cautious exploration.
4. To grope or feel in search of something.
5. To have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.
6. To pass one's hands over the sexual organs of (slang).
7. To perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; SYN. sense.
8. To produce a certain impression.
9. To seem with respect to the sensation given; of physical states, indicating as health, etc.:.
10. To undergo an emotional sensation; SYN. experience.
11. To undergo passive experience of.

1. To change position, as of a body part (nontranslational motion):
2. To go or proceed from one point to another
3. To cause to move; SYN. displace.
4. To progress by being changed: SYN. go, run.
5. To arouse sympathy or compassion in
6. To change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
7. To propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting; SYN. make a motion.
8. To have a turn; make one's move in a game; SYN. go.
9. To exist or thrive in a specified environment
10. To dispose of by selling

1. To touch a player in certain games; in baseball, to touch a vulnerable player while holding the ball.
2. To attach a tag or label to; SYN. label, mark.
3. To provide with a name or nickname.
4. To supply with rhymes, as of blank verse or prose.

1. To accept; SYN. take up.
2. To fold up, of sails; SYN. gather in.
3. To make (clothes) smaller
4. To provide with shelter.
5. To take up as if with a sponge; SYN. sop up, suck in, take up.
6. To visit for entertainment

1. To make physical contact with, come in contact with
2. To be in contact with; SYN. adjoin, meet.
3. To cause to be in brief contact with
4. To perceive via the tactile sense.
5. To affect emotionally; SYN. stir.
6. To deal with; usually used with a form of negation
7. To comprehend
8. To temper with; SYN. disturb.