touch

«touch» in Mova's school dictionary: To put your hand or another part of your body on something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• You should always ask before touching someone's bump.
• A keepsake can be very precious even when it is worth little money, so you should ask before touching it.
• Crime is on the news a lot, but most people live their whole lives without serious crime touching them.
• Happy tears come when people are moved, touched or very happy; they pass quickly and leave people feeling warm.
• Never touching the remote again is not the answer; knowing what to do next time is.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «touch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.