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    touch·ing
    [ˈtəCHiNG]
    adjective
    touching (adjective)
    1. arousing strong feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude:
      "your loyalty is very touching" · "a touching reconciliation scene"
    preposition
    1. concerning; about:
      "evidence touching the facts of Roger's case"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a preposition): from French touchant, present participle of toucher ‘to touch’; the adjective (early 16th century) is from touch + -ing.
    touch
    [təCH]
    verb
    touching (present participle)
    1. come into or be in contact with:
      "he leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor" · "the dog had one paw outstretched, not quite touching the ground"
      • bring one's hand or another part of one's body into contact with:
        "he touched a strand of her hair" · "she lowered her head to touch his fingers with her lips"
      • come or bring into mutual contact:
        "for a moment their fingers touched" · "we touched wheels and nearly came off the road"
      • geometry
        be tangent to (a curve or surface) at a certain point.
    2. handle in order to manipulate, alter, or otherwise affect, especially in an adverse way:
      "I didn't play her records or touch any of her stuff"
      • cause harm to (someone):
        "I've got friends who'll pull strings—nobody will dare touch me"
      • consume or use (food, drink, money, etc.):
        "the beer by his right hand was hardly touched" · "in three years I haven't touched a cent of the money"
      • used to indicate that something is avoided or rejected:
        "he was good only for the jobs that nobody else would touch"
    3. have an effect on; make a difference to:
      "a tenth of state companies have been touched by privatization"
      • (of a quality or expression) be or become visible or apparent in:
        "the voice was touched by hysteria" · "a wry smile touched his lips"
    4. produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in:
      "she was touched by her friend's loyalty"
    5. informal
      reach (a specified level or amount):
      "sales touched twenty grand last year"
      • be comparable to in quality or excellence:
        "there's no one who can touch him at lightweight judo"
    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.
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    verb
    1. come into or be in contact with:
      be in contact (with)
      come into contact (with)
      come together (with)
      converge (with)
      be contiguous (with)
      border (on)
      be (up) against
      link up (with)
    2. handle in order to manipulate, alter, or otherwise affect, especially in an adverse way:
      meddle with
      play (about/around) with
      toy with
      fiddle with
      interfere with
      tamper with
      lay a hand on
      lay a finger on
      put to use
      have access to
      avail oneself of
    3. have an effect on; make a difference to:
      have an effect on
      have a bearing on
      be relevant to
      be pertinent to
      • produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in:
      • reach (a specified level or amount):
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