touch

The word “touch” means to make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body. In plain terms, making physical contact with something, or more broadly, affecting someone emotionally or being in contact/communication with them.

“Touch” is pronounced tuhch (/tʌt͡ʃ/ in IPA).

Here is “touch” used in a sentence: “She reached out to touch the soft fabric.”

Depending on how it is used, “touch” can be a verb and a noun.

The word “touch” comes from Vulgar Latin. From Old French tochier ("to touch"), traced back through Vulgar Latin and Frankish roots meaning "to strike" or "to grasp" — the same deep root that gave English the word "tuck.".

“Touch” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Touch” has 7 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.

Touch is the act of making physical contact — your hand meets an object. Feel is the perception that can follow: sensing texture, warmth, or pressure through that contact. You can touch something without paying attention, but to feel it is to notice the sensation. Touch is the action; feel is the awareness.

Yes. Touch is one of the five traditional senses, alongside sight, hearing, taste, and smell. It works through receptors in the skin that detect pressure, temperature, pain, and vibration. Unlike the others, touch is spread across the whole body rather than concentrated in one organ, making it the largest sensory system.

Touch covers any physical contact: tapping a screen, shaking hands, stroking a pet, or resting a hand on someone's shoulder. It can be light or firm, deliberate or accidental. Brushing against a wall as you pass is touching it just as much as pressing a button intentionally.