touch
part of speech
verb (touch, touches, touched, touching); noun (a touch, touches; touch — the sense)
meaning for a pupil
1) To put your hand or another part of your body on something. tree →
2) When two things meet with no space between them. tree →
3) To make someone feel kind or sad feelings: "Her letter touched me." tree →
4) As a noun, the sense that lets us feel things with our skin. tree →
5) A small amount: "a touch of salt". tree →
6) Contact: "keep in touch". tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the laws of purity, touching a dead body or a dead creature can make a person unclean for a time. In the later books it can also mean to harm someone, or to reach out and feel something. Interpretation: The rabbis built a large system of purity rules on touching, and the idea of becoming unclean by contact is a main theme of Leviticus. "Touch not Mine anointed" is read as God's protection of the patriarchs and his prophets. In the primary lessons: In science, touch is one of the five senses; nerves in the skin feel pressure, heat, cold and pain. In safety: don't touch hot things, sharp things, plugs with wet hands, or unknown animals; your body belongs to you — no one should touch private parts; say no and tell. In sport, touch rugby. Phrases: keep in touch, get in touch, a touch of, touch wood, don't touch.
examples
- Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.11.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.' (Writings 1CH.16.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh. (Writings JOB.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. (Writings PSA.144.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Don't touch the hot oven. tree →
- Touch the leaf and feel how soft it is. tree →
- The two shapes touch at one point. tree →
- We feel things through our sense of touch. tree →
- Keep in touch when you move away. tree →
- Never touch a plug with wet hands. tree →
- Her kind words touched my heart. tree →
- Add a touch of salt. tree →
- "Do not touch them," said Death. tree →
note
Plural noun and he/she form: "touches". In maths, two lines "touch" if they meet at a point. Safe touch, unsafe touch: if a touch makes you uncomfortable, you can say no and tell a trusted adult.
In the corpora
- Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
- And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
- And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire.
- Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
- And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «touch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.