laying finger on

Main Entry:
contest [n. kon-test; v. kuhn-test]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight
Synonyms: altercate, attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, fight over, gang up on, hassle, knuckle with, lay a finger on, lay out, put on gloves, put up dukes, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, sock, square off, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle
Antonyms: agree
Main Entry: touch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make physical contact
Synonyms: abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, butt on, caress, come together, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle, hit, impinge upon, inspect, join, kiss, lay a finger on, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, palm, palpate, partake, pat, paw, percuss, pet, probe, push, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, toy, verge
Antonyms: cower, shrink, shy away
Main Entry: palpate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: touch
Synonyms: abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, butt on, caress, come together, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, feel up, finger*, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle*, hit*, impinge upon, inspect, join, kiss, lay a finger on, lick*, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, palm, partake, pat, paw, percuss, pet, probe, push*, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth*, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag*, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, toy, verge
Main Entry: particularize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stipulate
Synonyms: agree, arrange, bargain, condition, contract, covenant, designate, detail, engage, guarantee, impose, insist upon, lay down, lay finger on, make, make a point, name*, pin down, pledge, postulate, promise, provide, put down for, require, settle, slot, specificate, specificize, specify, spell out, state
Related Words
Main Entry: touch
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
attingent, close to, contactual, conterminous, contiguous, end to end, hand to hand, haptic, in contact, intractible, itching, lambent, libant, osculatory, palpable, pertingent, tactile, tactual, tangential, tangible, touching, with no interval
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Sensation of pressure] Touch.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch
Synonyms:
-nouns
touch; tact, taction, tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation; manipulation; massage., [Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus.
-verbs
touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.
-adjectives
tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent. [more]
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