Definitions of touch:

• noun:   the act of putting two things together with no space between them

  Example: "At his touch the room filled with lights"

• noun:   a distinguishing style

  Example: "This room needs a woman's touch"

• noun:   the feel of mechanical action

  Example: "This piano has a wonderful touch"

• noun:   deftness in handling matters

  Example: "He has a master's touch"

• noun:   the faculty of touch

  Example: "Only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"

• noun:   the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

  Example: "She likes the touch of silk on her skin"

• noun:   a suggestion of some quality

  Example: "There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"

• noun:   the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

  Example: "He watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

• noun:   the event of something coming in contact with the body

  Example: "He longed for the touch of her hand"

• noun:   a slight but appreciable addition

  Example: "This dish could use a touch of garlic"

• noun:   a slight attack of illness

  Example: "He has a touch of rheumatism"

• noun:   a communicative interaction

  Example: "He got in touch with his colleagues"

• verb:   perceive via the tactile sense

  Example: "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"

• verb:   deal with; usually used with a form of negation

  Example: "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"

• verb:   comprehend

  Example: "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"

• verb:   be in direct physical contact with; make contact

  Example: "The two buildings touch"

• verb:   make physical contact with, come in contact with

  Example: "Touch the stone for good luck"

• verb:   cause to be in brief contact with

  Example: "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"

• verb:   tamper with

  Example: "Don't touch my CDs!"

• verb:   affect emotionally

  Example: "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

• verb:   be equal to in quality or ability

  Example: "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"

• verb:   make a more or less disguised reference to
• verb:   consume

  Example: "She didn't touch her food all night"

• verb:   to extend as far as

  Example: "Can he reach? The chair must not touch the wall"

• verb:   dye with a color
• verb:   have an effect upon
• verb:   have to do with or be relevant to
• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #29524)