touch+lightly
11touch — touchable, adj. touchableness, touchability, n. toucher, n. touchless, adj. /tuch/, v.t. 1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously. 2. to come into contact with and perceive ( …
12touch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin *toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, probably of imitative origin Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to bring a bodily part into contact with… …
13touch — /tʌtʃ / (say tuch) verb (t) 1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it. 2. to come into contact with and perceive (something), as the hand or the like. 3. to bring (the hand, finger, etc., or something held)… …
14touch — The best buying and selling prices available from a market maker on SEAQ and SEAQ International in a given security at any one time. Exchange Handbook Glossary The best buying and selling prices available on SETS or from a market maker on SEAQ or …
15touch — 1. verb 1) his shoes were touching the end of the bed Syn: be in contact with, come into contact with, meet, join, connect with, converge with, be contiguous with, be against 2) he touched her cheek Syn: press lightly, tap …
16touch — I. v. a. 1. Hit (lightly), strike against. 2. Perceive by the sense of feeling. 3. Meet, be contiguous to, abut on. 4. Graze, come in contact with (in passing over). 5. Reach, come to, arrive at, attain to. 6. Delineate ( …
17touch up — I delineate lightly, refine, amend, improve, correct (see improvement). II Tactile sense Nouns 1. touch, tact[us], contact, impact, taction; tactility, palpability, tangibility, tangency; feeling, sensation; manipulation, massage, fondling;… …
18lightly — adv. Lightly is used with these adjectives: ↑armed, ↑armoured, ↑clothed, ↑loaded, ↑scented, ↑spicy, ↑tanned, ↑wooded Lightly is used with these verbs: ↑beat, ↑brush, ↑bu …
19touch something in — chiefly Art lightly mark in details with a brush or pencil. → touch …
20touch off — 1. Delineate lightly, touch, sketch, mark out hastily. 2. Discharge, apply the match to …
