[tʌtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- come into or be in contact with
(e.g: he leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor)

- handle in order to interfere with, alter, or otherwise affect
(e.g: I didn't play her records or touch any of her stuff)

- affect or concern
(e.g: a tenth of state companies have been touched by privatization)

- produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in
(e.g: she was touched by her friend's loyalty)

- reach (a specified level or amount)
(e.g: sales touched twenty grand last year)


Phrases:
- a touch
- in touch
- lose touch
- out of touch
- to the touch
- touch bottom
- touch of nature
- touch of the sun

Origin:
Middle English: the verb from Old French tochier, probably from a Romance word of imitative origin; the noun originally from Old French touche, later (in certain senses) directly from the verb

[tʌtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of touching someone or something
(e.g: her touch on his shoulder was hesitant)

- a small amount; a trace
(e.g: add a touch of vinegar)

- a distinctive manner or method of dealing with something
(e.g: later he showed a surer political touch)

- the area beyond the sidelines, out of play
(e.g: his clearance went directly into touch)

- an act of asking for and getting a loan or gift from someone
(e.g: I only tolerated him because he was good for a touch now and then)

- a series of changes shorter than a peal

- a thing that tests the worth or character of something
(e.g: you must put your fate to the touch)


Phrases:
- a touch
- in touch
- lose touch
- out of touch
- to the touch
- touch bottom
- touch of nature
- touch of the sun

Origin:
Middle English: the verb from Old French tochier, probably from a Romance word of imitative origin; the noun originally from Old French touche, later (in certain senses) directly from the verb