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Definition of Touching
1. Adjective. Arousing affect. "His gratitude was simple and touching"
2. Noun. The event of something coming in contact with the body. "The cooling touch of the night air"
Generic synonyms: Contact, Impinging, Striking
Specialized synonyms: Brush, Light Touch, Stroke
Derivative terms: Touch, Touch, Touch, Touch, Touch, Touch
3. Noun. The act of putting two things together with no space between them. "At his touch the room filled with lights"
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Contact, Physical Contact, Dab, Pat, Tap, Hit, Hitting, Striking, Dig, Jab, Kiss, Buss, Kiss, Osculation, Catch, Grab, Snap, Snatch, Handling, Manipulation, Fingering, Grope, Palpation, Tactual Exploration, Tickle, Tickling, Titillation, Stroke, Stroking, Tag, Lap, Lick, Grazing, Shaving, Skimming
Derivative terms: Touch, Touch
Definition of Touching
1. a. Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.
2. prep. Concerning; with respect to.
3. n. The sense or act of feeling; touch.
Definition of Touching
1. Verb. (present participle of touch) ¹
2. Adjective. Provoking sadness and pity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Touching
1. touch [v] - See also: touch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touching
Literary usage of Touching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... but of discord and dissolution, just touching the question which has been
often treated in modem times by theologians and philosophers, of the negative ..."
2. Publications (1854)
"... their judgments and consciences touching the civil power of the nation, partly
to vindicate themselves from some aspersions hereabout unduly and without ..."
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