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touch (TUCH) (verb)
To put the hand or finger on something so as to feel it: "I reached out my hand to touch the soft coat of the new colt."
touch (TUCH) (verb)
To affect the feelings of someone or other people; to cause others to feel an emotion; such as sympathy or gratitude: "The musician wants to touch her audience through her music."

"The story read by the teacher to her class seemed to touch the feelings of the children."

She reached out to touch the shoulder of her friend who was so sad. Her story will be sure to touch your heart as well.

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hapt-, hapto-, -hapte +
(Greek: touch, touching, fasten, contact, seizure; binding, attaching)
tang-, tact-, tast-, ting-, -tig -tag, -teg-
(Latin: touch, feel; try; reach; handle; evaluate, estimate)
thigmo-, thigm-, thixo- +
(Greek: touch, a touching)
Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
(enjoying words with special points of view, sometimes humorous, and which are not found in a "regular" dictionary)
palp-, palpo-, palpi-
(Latin: to touch gently, to stroke; to pat)
Robots: With Feelings?
(robots with the right touch)
senso-, sens-, sensi-, sensori-, sent-
(Latin: feeling, perception through physical awareness; to discern or detect by touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, etc.)
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light-touch palpation (s) (noun), light-touch palpations (pl)
Fingertip contacts of the abdominal and thoracic surfaces of a person's body to determine the condition of the underlying organs that exist there: The internist used the method of light-touch palpation to feel if Sally's stomach and intestines were in normal condition or not.
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Midas Touch
A term that indicates the ability to make, to manage, and to have a great deal of money; sometimes with very little effort: "There are some people who believe that Donald Trump had The Midas Touch for much of his business career."

The Mythical Story about Midas, the Greek King of Phrygia, Greece

Midas had grown very wealthy during his time and he had his mind focused on his desire to grow even more wealthy. Because of a favor Midas had done for Dionysus, that god offered Midas a wish for whatever he wanted.

Midas asked that anything he touched would turn to gold, which is now known as the "Midas touch" or the "golden touch", and it is used to refer to anyone who is especially successful in business; so, it is currently a term that indicates the ability to make a lot of money out of anything a person undertakes to do.

Although many people admire and envy this Midas touch ability, the Greeks pointed out the that there are negative consequences: Midas discovered that his entire palace and all of its furnishings turned to gold as he touched one object after the other and even his food and drinks turned to gold as soon as he touched them so he was threatened with starvation. Even when his daughter ran to him, she also turned to gold when he embraced her.

As a result, Midas begged Dionysus to withdraw the gift of touch and so the god did. Now, whether we agree with the moral of the story or not, we should realize that money isn't everything and that life consists of more important things than having the Midas touch!

—Compiled essentially from information provided by
Isaac Asimov in his book, Words from the Myths;
Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, Massachusetts;
1961; pages 133-134.
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