Definitions for touching
ˈtʌtʃ ɪŋtouch·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. touch, touchingnoun

   the event of something coming in contact with the body

   "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"

2. touch, touchingadjective

   the act of putting two things together with no space between them

   "at his touch the room filled with lights"

3. affecting, poignant, touchingadjective

   arousing affect

   "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. touchingadjective

   Provoking sadness and pity.

   a touching story

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Touchingadjective

   Pathetick; affecting; moving.

   Etymology: from touch.

2. Touchingprep.

   With respect, regard, or relation to.

   Etymology: This word is originally a participle of touch.

   Touching things which belong to discipline, the church hath authority to make canons and decrees, even as we read in the apostles times it did. Richard Hooker, b. iii.

   Touching our person, seek we no revenge;
   But we our kingdom’s safety must so tender,
   Whose ruin you three sought, that to her laws
   We do deliver you. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   The heavens and the earth remained in the same state in which they were created, as touching their substance, though there was afterwards added multiplicity of perfection in respect of beauty. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

   Touching the debt, he took himself to be acquitted thereof. John Hayward.

   Socrates chose rather to die than renounce or conceal his judgment touching the unity of the Godhead. South.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. touching

   Touching refers to coming into physical contact with something, or with a part of the body. It involves the sensation experienced when an object or person contacts the skin or when one individual or object is in direct contact with another. The term can also be used metaphorically to refer to an emotional experience or narrative that deeply affects or moves a person.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Touching

   of Touch

2. Touchingadjective

   affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale

3. Touching

   concerning; with respect to

4. Touchingnoun

   the sense or act of feeling; touch

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. touching

   The state of a ship's sails when they first begin to lift or shiver with their edges in the direction of the wind. It is occasioned either by a change in the wind or in the ship's course. (See FULL AND BY.)--Luff and touch her! is the order to the helmsman to bring the vessel up, and see how near she will come to the wind, or to give facility for taking in a reef when about to lower the top-sails, or for deadening the ship's way.

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1. • Contact

Anagrams for touching »

1. ungothic

How to pronounce touching?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say touching in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of touching in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of touching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of touching in a Sentence

1. Doug Lamborn:

   Now, I don’t even want to be associated with him (President Obama). It’s like touching a, a tar baby and you get it . . . you know you’re stuck, and you’re part of the problem now, and you can’t get away.”

2. James Grover Thurber:

   But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo the splendor of fame fades into nothing but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette.

3. Charlotte Hornets:

   I felt good coming back, the energy was cool. There's going to be some stuff here and there but I’m still living. I’m straight. It was great coming back, touching the ball, it’s a blessing.

4. Diego Castillo:

   That’s the hat I’ve been using all season, i think it was just worn out because of the rosin I had consistently touching it.

5. The Guardian:

   They were touching her, they were bothering her, so for the judge, if the intention wasn’t pleasure, it’s not sexual assault.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=touching
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Touching
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=touching
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touching
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=touching