moving, stirring, pathetic
make contact with, feel
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Touching Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Touching Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(prep.)
Concerning; with respect to.
Concerning; with respect to.
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Touch
of Touch
(n.)
The sense or act of feeling; touch.
The sense or act of feeling; touch.
(a.)
Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAffecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.
touching
\touch"ing\ (?), a. affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. -- touch"ing*ly (#), adv.
touching
\touch"ing\, prep. concerning; with respect to. now, as touching things offered unto idols. viii. 1.
touching
\touch"ing\, n. the sense or act of feeling; touch.
touching
adj : arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" [syn: affecting, poignant]
n
1. the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air" [syn: touch]
2. the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" [syn: touch]
Noun
1. the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"
(synonym) touch
(hypernym) contact, impinging, striking
(hyponym) brush, light touch
(derivation) touch
2. the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
(synonym) touch
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) contact
(derivation) touch
Adjective
1. arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"
(synonym) affecting, poignant
(similar) moving
Noun
1. the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"
(synonym) touching
(hypernym) contact, impinging, striking
(hyponym) brush, light touch
(derivation) reach, extend to
2. the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
(synonym) sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses
(hypernym) somatosense
(part-holonym) somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatatesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense
3. a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
(synonym) trace, ghost
(hypernym) suggestion, proposition, proffer
4. a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"
(synonym) signature
(hypernym) manner, mode, style, way, fashion
(hyponym) common touch
5. the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
(synonym) touching
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) contact
6. a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
(synonym) hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) snuff
7. a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
(synonym) contact
(hypernym) communication, communicating
8. a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
(synonym) spot
(hypernym) attack
9. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
(hypernym) solicitation
10. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
(synonym) touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
(hypernym) perception
(hyponym) cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
11. deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"
(hypernym) adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness
(hyponym) finishing touch, capstone, copestone
12. the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful touch"
(hypernym) tactile property, feel
Verb
1. make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
(hyponym) engage
(see-also) touch down
(derivation) touching
2. perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(derivation) touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
3. affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
(synonym) stir
(hypernym) affect, impress, move, strike
(hyponym) get
4. have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
(synonym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch on
(hyponym) focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center
(verb-group) allude, advert
5. be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
(synonym) adjoin, meet, contact
(hyponym) cover, spread over
(verb-group) converge, meet
(derivation) touching
6. have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
(synonym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) strike a blow
7. deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"
(hypernym) manage, deal, care, handle
8. cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
(derivation) touching
9. to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
(synonym) reach, extend to
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) reach into
(derivation) touching
10. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
(synonym) equal, rival, match
(hypernym) compete, vie, contend
(verb-group) equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
11. tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
(synonym) disturb
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) upset
12. make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
(synonym) allude, advert
(hypernym) hint, suggest
(entail) denote, refer
(verb-group) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch on
13. comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
(hypernym) understand
14. consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"
(synonym) partake
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) receive
15. dye with a color
(synonym) tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge
(hypernym) dye
(hyponym) henna
Touching Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Somatosensory system is a diverse sensory system composed of the receptors and processing centres to produce the sensory modalities such as touch, temperature, proprioception (body position), and nociception (pain). The sensory receptors cover the skin and epithelia, skeletal muscles, bones and joints, internal organs, and the cardiovascular system. While touch (also, more formally, tactition; adjectival form: "tactile" or "somatosensory") is considered one of the five traditional senses, the impression of touch is formed from several modalities. In medicine, the colloquial term touch is usually replaced with somatic senses to better reflect the variety of mechanisms involved.
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Touching Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The tips of the middle finger of the downturned right '5' 
hand touches the back of the left hand a number of times.
