[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/touch/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / touch # touch verb (touch, touches, touched, touching); noun (a touch, touches; touch — the sense) «touch» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To put your hand or another part of your body on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m1) 2. When two things meet with no space between them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m2) 3. To make someone feel kind or sad feelings: "Her letter touched me." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m3) 4. As a noun, the sense that lets us feel things with our skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m4) 5. A small amount: "a touch of salt". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m5) 6. Contact: "keep in touch". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#m6) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x1) - Touch the leaf and feel how soft it is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x2) - The two shapes touch at one point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x3) - We feel things through our sense of touch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x4) - Keep in touch when you move away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x5) - Never touch a plug with wet hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x6) - Her kind words touched my heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x7) - Add a touch of salt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x8) - "Do not touch them," said Death. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/#x9) ### 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 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. ### Examples - Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x3) - 'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.' (Writings 1CH.16.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x4) - My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh. (Writings JOB.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x5) - O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. (Writings PSA.144.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «touch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«touch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/touch.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «touch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«touch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/touch.html) on Mova free.