touch

English

/tʌt͡ʃ/

verb
Definitions
  • Primarily physical senses.
  • Primarily non-physical senses.
  • To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
  • To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
  • (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
  • To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
  • To perform, as a tune; to play.
  • To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English touchen (touch) derived from Old French tochier (touch) derived from Latin *tuccō derived from Frankish *tukkōn (strike, touch, knock) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (pull, lead, draw, tug), *dewk- (pull, lead, draw, tug).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dewk-

Gloss

pull, lead, draw, tug

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

鉛

Emoji

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