touch

Roget category 379

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch

noun

touch — tact, taction^†, tactility — feeling — palpation, palpability — contrectation^† — manipulation — massage.
[Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna — palpus^†.

verb

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.

adjective

tactual, tactile — tangible, palpable — lambent.

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