she likes the touch of silk on her skin
the surface had a greasy feeling
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
touch# — touch vb 1 Touch, feel, palpate, handle, paw can all mean to lay the hand or fingers or an equally sensitive part of the body upon so as to get or produce a sensation often in examination or exploration. Touch usually stresses the act which leads … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sensation — 1 Sensation, percept, sense datum, sensum, image can denote the experience or process which is the result of the activity of a sense organ and its associated neural structures. Sensation (see also SENSATION 2), the most general of these terms, is … New Dictionary of Synonyms
touch — [tuch] vt. [ME touchen < OFr tochier (Fr toucher) < VL * toccare < * tok, light blow, of echoic orig.] 1. to put the hand, the finger, or some other part of the body on, so as to feel; perceive by the sense of feeling 2. to bring into… … English World dictionary
touch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. feel (see touch); contact; reach, equal, attain; pertain to, relate to; affect, move; tinge, imbue; slang, borrow from. See arrival, sensibility, relation, mixture, borrowing. touch up II … English dictionary for students
sensation — sen|sa|tion [senˈseıʃən] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: sensatio, from Late Latin sensatus having sense , from Latin sensus; SENSE1] 1.) [U and C] a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sensation — noun 1 (U) the ability to feel, especially through your sense of touch: Jerry realized with alarm that he had no sensation in his legs. 2 (C, U) a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch: a tingling… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sensation — [[t]sense͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] sensations 1) N COUNT: with supp A sensation is a physical feeling. Floating can be a very pleasant sensation... A sensation of burning or tingling may be experienced in the hands. Syn: feeling 2) N UNCOUNT: supp N Sensation … English dictionary
touch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin *toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, probably of imitative origin Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to bring a bodily part into contact with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
touch — touchable, adj. touchableness, touchability, n. toucher, n. touchless, adj. /tuch/, v.t. 1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously. 2. to come into contact with and perceive ( … Universalium
touch — /tʌtʃ / (say tuch) verb (t) 1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it. 2. to come into contact with and perceive (something), as the hand or the like. 3. to bring (the hand, finger, etc., or something held)… …
