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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch roughly |
| Synonyms: | clap, claw, clutch, dig, feel, finger, fondle, grab, grate, grope, handle, hit, maul, molest, palpate, pat, rake, rasp, rub, scratch, search, slap, smite, stroke |
| Antonyms: | manhandle |
| Main Entry: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animate being's appendage |
| Synonyms: | backside, finger, flipper, foot, hand, leg, limb, paw, posterior, toe |
| Main Entry: | feel |
| 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: | finger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | feel, fiddle, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, meddle, palpate, paw, play with, thumb, toy with |
| Antonyms: | manhandle |
| Main Entry: | fondle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, caress, clutch, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fool around, grab, grope, hug, love, make love to, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, paw, pet, play footsie, snuggle, squeeze, stroke |
| Main Entry: | foot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremity of an animate being |
| Synonyms: | hoof, pad, paw |
| Main Entry: | hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage at end of human arm, |
| Synonyms: | extremity, fin, fist, grasp, grip, ham, hold, hook, including fingers duke, metacarpus, mitt, palm, paw, phalanges, shaker |
| Main Entry: | handle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch |
| Synonyms: | check, examine, feel, finger*, fondle, grasp, hold, manipulate, maul, palpate, paw, pick up, poke, test, thumb, try |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, break face, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, handle roughly, hit, hurt, ill-treat, knock about, knock around, lacerate, lash, lean on, let have it, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, put in the hospital, rough up, skin, take care of, thrash, trample, wax, whip, work over |
| Antonyms: | guard, maintain, protect, take care |
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