touching
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the event of something coming in contact with the body
he longed for the touch of her hand
Types & categories
- striking hypernym
- light touch hyponym
- stroke hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
arousing affect
the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
at his touch the room filled with lights
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | touch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | touch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | touch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extend to |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | striking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | light touch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stroke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pathos |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | moving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | touch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | touch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | physical contact |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dab |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hitting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jab |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | kiss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | kiss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | handling |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fingering |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grope |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | palpation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tickling |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stroking |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tag |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lick |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grazing |