verb

touch

Translation

touch, feel, contact, affect

Please don't touch the artwork.

Her story touched everyone's heart.

Let's keep in touch.

((sth./sb.)) to make physical contact with (sth./sb.) Don't touch the hot stove.

((sb.)) to affect (sb.) emotionally The sad movie touched me deeply.

Synonyms: feel, handle, contact, affect

From Old French 'tochier' (to strike, to touch), of Germanic origin.

Remember it has both a physical meaning (to feel with your hand) and an emotional one (to affect someone's feelings).