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touch
English
Etymology
From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern French toucher; compare French doublet toquer (“to offend, bother, harass”)), from Vulgar Latin *tucc? (“to knock, strike, offend”), from Frankish *tukk?n (“to knock, strike, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *tukk?n? (“to tug, grab, grasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull, lead”). Displaced native Middle English rinen, from Old English hr?nan (“to touch, reach, strike”)" (whence Modern English rine); Middle English repen, from Old English hrepian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?t??/, enPR: tûch
- Rhymes: -?t?
Verb
touch (third-person singular simple present touches, present participle touching, simple past and past participle touched)
- Primarily physical senses.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact. [from 14th c.]
- Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.
- The demonstrator nearly touched the rod on the ball.
- She touched her lips to the glass.
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context. [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To consume, or otherwise use. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at). [from 16th c.]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko, and its commander — from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain — this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs. [from 17th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 189:
- But in fact the English kings of the seventeenth century usually began to touch form the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 189:
- (transitive or reflexive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate. [from 20th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
- Primarily non-physical senses.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to. [from 14th c.]
- , I.2.4.vii:
- Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear; for besides those terrors which I have before touched, […] there is a superstitious fear […] which much trouble many of us.
- , I.2.4.vii:
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something). [from 14th c.]
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- "Well, but since we have touched upon this business, and for the last time I hope," continued the doctor, "there is one point I should like you to understand."
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with. [14th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- Men of Israhell take hede to youreselves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men.
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), page 423:
- And now it seemed he was engaged in something which touched them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent
- to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near
- nobody.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- (transitive, dated) To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend). [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head". [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality. [from 19th c.]
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to touch her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty.
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
touch (countable and uncountable, plural touches)
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- a heavy touch, or a light touch
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Move it left just a touch and it will be perfect.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- He promised to keep in touch while he was away.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my touch.
- (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
- (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- a true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- 1695, John Dryden, The Art of Painting
- Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.
- 1695, John Dryden, The Art of Painting
- (obsolete) A brief essay.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
- a neat new monument of touch and alabaster
- (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- equity, the true touch of all laws
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Knowles to this entry?)
- The children's game of tag.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- (Britain, plumbing, dated) Tallow.
- Form; standard of performance.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- touch at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- chout, couth
Spanish
Adjective
touch (invariable)
- touch; touch-screen
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fire
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fa??(?)/
- (Upper RP Triphthong Smoothing) IPA(key): /?fa?(?)/, /?fa?(?)/, /?f??(?)/, /?f???(?)/
- (General American) enPR: f???r, f?r, IPA(key): /?fa??/, [?fa??]
- (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA(key): [?fä??]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?f?e?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English fier, from Old English f?r (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *f?r (“fire”) (compare Saterland Frisian Fjuur, West Frisian fjoer, Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, German Feuer, Danish fyr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh?wr?.
Compare Hittite ???????????? (pa??ur), Umbrian pir, Tocharian A/B por/puwar, Czech pý? (“hot ashes”), Ancient Greek ??? (pûr, “fire”), and Armenian ???? (hur, “fire”)). This was an inanimate noun whose animate counterpart was Proto-Indo-European *h?n?g?nis (see ignite). Cognate to pyre.
Alternative forms
- fier (archaic)
Noun
fire (countable and uncountable, plural fires)
- (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (rocketry) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- He had fire in his temper.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
Synonyms
- blaze
- conflagration
- inferno
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (faiy?)
- Sranan Tongo: faya
Translations
See fire/translations § Noun.
Etymology 2
From Middle English firen, fyren, furen, from Old English f?rian (“to make a fire”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).
Verb
fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)
- (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel
- It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.
- 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- Antonym: hire
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p.226:
- The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’ […].
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (rocketry) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- Synonyms: open fire, shoot
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- (transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- Love had fired my mind.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
- (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
- (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
Synonyms
- (set on fire): See set on fire
- (transitive, shoot): let off, loose (archery), shoot
- (terminate the employment of): dehire, dismiss, give one's cards, give the boot, give the elbow, give the old heave-ho, let go, make redundant, sack, terminate, throw out, unhire; See also Thesaurus:lay off.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- fye (nonstandard, Internet slang)
Adjective
fire (not comparable)
- (slang) Amazing; excellent.
Translations
Further reading
- fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fire in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- -fier, Fier, Frie, fier, refi, reif, rief, rife
Asturian
Verb
fire
- third-person singular present indicative of firir
Crimean Tatar
Noun
fire
- shrinkage, loss
- scrap
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres (“four”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?r?/, [?fi??]
Numeral
fire
- four
Usage notes
In compounds: fir-.
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German f?ren, from French virer (“bear, veer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?r?/, [?fi??]
Verb
fire (imperative fir, infinitive at fire, present tense firer, past tense firede, perfect tense har firet)
- to lower something fixed to a rope or something similar
- 1871, Jens Andreas Friis, Lappisk Mythologi, page 138
- Saa gik han hen og firede Stenen og Vidietouget ned i Hullet.
- Then he went [to the hole] and lowered the rock and the wicker rope down into the hole.
- Saa gik han hen og firede Stenen og Vidietouget ned i Hullet.
- 2014, Teddy Vork, Diget, Tellerup A/S ?ISBN
- Han satte sig på knæ, famlede sig frem til tovet og vendte sig rundt så han havde ryggen til hullet, drejede overkroppen bagud, firede faklen ned i hullet.
- He kneeled, fumbled his way to the rope and turned around, such that his back was to the hole, twisted his torso backwards, lowered the torch into the hole.
- Han satte sig på knæ, famlede sig frem til tovet og vendte sig rundt så han havde ryggen til hullet, drejede overkroppen bagud, firede faklen ned i hullet.
- 1871, Jens Andreas Friis, Lappisk Mythologi, page 138
Conjugation
Italian
Etymology
From Latin f?er? (“to become, be”), present active infinitive of f??. Compare Romanian fi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fi.re/
- Hyphenation: fì?re
Verb
fìre (third-person only, third-person singular present fìa, no third-person singular past historic, no past participle)
- (northern Italy, obsolete) to be
- Synonym: essere
Usage notes
- The only forms attested outside of ancient Northern Italian literature are the future fia (third-person singular) and fiano (third-person plural).
References
- fire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from *k?etw?r, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fi???/
Numeral
fire
- four
Derived terms
Related terms
- fjerde (ordinal)
Etymology 2
From French virer, via Middle Low German firen
Verb
fire (imperative fir, present tense firer, passive fires, simple past fira or firet or firte, past participle fira or firet or firt, present participle firende)
- to slacken, ease
- to lower (a flag)
References
- “fire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fjórir, via Danish fire.
Etymology 1
From Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from *k?etw?r, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /?fi???/
Numeral
fire
- four
Derived terms
Related terms
- fjerde (ordinal)
Etymology 2
From French virer, via Middle Low German firen.
Verb
fire
- to slacken, ease
- to lower (e.g. a flag)
References
- “fire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology 1
Noun
fire n
- plural of fir
Etymology 2
From fi +? -re.
Noun
fire f (plural firi)
- essence, substance, nature
- Synonym: natur?
- character, temper, disposition
- Synonyms: caracter, temperament
- mind
- Synonym: minte
Declension
Related terms
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ???? (Fýra)
Noun
fire (definite accusative fireyi, plural fireler)
- wastage
- outage
- shrinkage, loss, loss in weight, decrease
- turnover
- ullage
- leakage
- waste, tret, deficiency
Declension
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