touch

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touch is part of the Basic English 850.

[change] Pronunciation

• enPR: tûch
• IPA: /tʌʧ/
• SAMPA: /tVtS/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[change] Verb

Plain form touch

Third-person singular touches

Past tense touched

Past participle touched

Present participle touching

1. (transitive) If you touch something, you feel it with your hand.

   Don't touch the oven -- it's hot and you will get a burn.

2. (transitive) If you touch something, you move so near to it that there is no space between you and it.

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