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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
| Synonyms: | approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Main Entry: | join |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch; border on |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, be at hand, be close to, be contiguous to, bound, butt, communicate, conjoin, extend, fringe, hem, lie beside, lie near, lie next to, line, march, meet, neighbor, open into, parallel, reach, rim, skirt, trench on, verge on |
| Antonyms: | separate |
| Main Entry: | tend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be apt, likely |
| Synonyms: | aim, be biased, be conducive, be disposed, be in the habit of, be inclined, be liable, be predisposed, be prejudiced, bear, bend, conduce, contribute, dispose, drift, favor, go, gravitate, have a tendency, have an inclination, head, impel, incline, influence, lead, lean, look, make for, move, move toward, point, redound, result in, serve to, trend, turn, verge on |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare with; correspond to |
| Synonyms: | amount, approach, be a match for, be in the same league, be on a par, come near, come to, come up to, equal, hold a candle to, match, measure up, meet, parallel, partake of, rival, tie, verge on |
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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 |
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-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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