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palmed
[pahmd] 
| Main Entry: |
feel
[feel]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, stroke |
| Synonyms: | apperceive, caress, clasp, clutch, explore, finger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, palm, palpate, paw, perceive, pinch, ply, poke, press, run hands over, sense, squeeze, test, thumb, tickle, try, twiddle, wield |
| Main Entry: | pass off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give because one does not want it |
| Synonyms: | eject, foist, make a pretense of, palm, palm off, send forth, work off |
| Antonyms: | keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | pilfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, embezzle |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, borrow, cop, crib*, filch, liberate*, lift*, moonlight, palm, pinch*, pluck, purloin, requisition, rip off, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secrete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide |
| Synonyms: | bury, cache, conceal, cover, cover up, deposit, disguise, ditch, ensconce, finesse, harbor, hide out, keep quiet, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under wraps, palm, paper, plant, screen, seclude, secure, shroud, squirrel, stash, stash away, stonewall, stow, sweep under rug, veil, whitewash, withhold |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, reveal, tell, uncover |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| 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
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| 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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