To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.
To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.
To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensitive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.
To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.
To perceive; to observe.
To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.
To have the sensibilities moved or affected.
To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; - followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.
To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.
To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; - followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.
Feeling; perception.
A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.
To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
To perceive by the sense of feeling.
To come to; to reach; to attain to.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
To relate to; to concern; to affect.
To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity, compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
To infect; to affect slightly.
To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
To harm, afflict, or distress.
To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; - rarely used except in the past participle.
To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
To compare with; to be equal to; - usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.
To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from.
To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; - often with on or upon.
To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.
Act or power of exciting emotion.
An emotion or affection.
Personal reference or application.
A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
Feature; lineament; trait.
The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.
A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
A slight and brief essay.
A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.
The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
A boys' game; tag.
A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.
An act of borrowing or stealing.
Tallow; - a plumber's term.