Definitions for touching
ˈtʌtʃ ɪŋtouch·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. touch, touching(noun)

   the event of something coming in contact with the body

   "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"

2. touch, touching(adj)

   the act of putting two things together with no space between them

   "at his touch the room filled with lights"

3. affecting, poignant, touching(adj)

   arousing affect

   "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. touching(Adjective)

   Provoking sadness and pity.

   a touching story

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Touching

   of Touch

2. Touching(adj)

   affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale

3. Touching

   concerning; with respect to

4. Touching(noun)

   the sense or act of feeling; touch

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. touching

   The state of a ship's sails when they first begin to lift or shiver with their edges in the direction of the wind. It is occasioned either by a change in the wind or in the ship's course. (See FULL AND BY.)--Luff and touch her! is the order to the helmsman to bring the vessel up, and see how near she will come to the wind, or to give facility for taking in a reef when about to lower the top-sails, or for deadening the ship's way.

Anagrams for touching »

1. ungothic

How to pronounce touching?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of touching in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of touching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of touching in a Sentence

1. Amos Gregory:

   We're touching it up, we try to do it at least yearly, to get down here together.

2. Mark Dyke:

   People we don’t even know, we’ve never met, came and shared their personal stories, advocating for a little autistic boy they’ve never met yet, just to see the outpouring of support was really touching.

3. Anuj Somany:

   Salute with hand palm touching the forehead is not respect for the authority unless and until it is offered from own heart in fact.

4. John Lennon:

   He came out to probably the most touching ovation I've ever heard, we all shed a tear on stage.

5. Sowmyanarayan Sampath:

   Everyone touching your network has to be authenticated, every application, every bit of data that comes in, you verify it... You just have to do a lot more to check,( including) multi-factor authentication, identity management, encryption.

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