[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

touch \touch\, v. t. imp.  p. p. touched; p. pr.  vb. n.
   touching. f. toucher, of. touchier, tuchier; of teutonic
   origin; cf. ohg. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, g.
   zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. ohg. ziohan to draw, g.
   ziehen, akin to e. tug. see tuck, v. t., tug, and cf.
   tocsin, toccata.
   1. to come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against;
      to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or
      rest on.
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            him thus intent ithuriel with his spear
            touched lightly.                      --milton.
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   2. to perceive by the sense of feeling.
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            nothing but body can be touched or touch. --greech.
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   3. to come to; to reach; to attain to.
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            the god, vindictive, doomed them never more
            ah, men unblessed -- to touch their natal shore.
                                                  --pope.
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   4. to try; to prove, as with a touchstone. obs.
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            wherein i mean to touch your love indeed. --shak.
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   5. to relate to; to concern; to affect.
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            the quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --shak.
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   6. to handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
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            storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --chaucer.
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   7. to meddle or interfere with; as, i have not touched the
      books. --pope.
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   8. to affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to
      melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity,
      compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.
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            what of sweet before
            hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh.
                                                  --milton.
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            the tender sire was touched with what he said.
                                                  --addison.
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   9. to mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke
      to with the pencil or brush.
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            the lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn
            right.                                --pope.
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   10. to infect; to affect slightly. --bacon.
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   11. to make an impression on; to have effect upon.
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             its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch
             it.                                  --moxon.
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   12. to strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an
       instrument of music.
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             they touched their golden harps.   --milton.
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   13. to perform, as a tune; to play.
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             a person is the royal retinue touched a light and
             lively air on the flageolet.         --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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   14. to influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. " no decree
       of mine, . . . to touch with lightest moment of impulse
       his free will," --milton.
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   15. to harm, afflict, or distress.
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             let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do
             us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --gen.
                                                  xxvi. 28, 29.
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   16. to affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;
       to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the
       past participle.
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             she feared his head was a little touched. --ld.
                                                  lytton.
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   17. geom. to be tangent to. see tangent, a.
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   18. to lay a hand upon for curing disease.
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   19. to compare with; to be equal to; -- usually with a
       negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could
       touch an open fire. colloq.
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   20. to induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch
       one for a loan; hence, to steal from. slang
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   to touch a sail naut., to bring it so close to the wind
      that its weather leech shakes.

   to touch the wind naut., to keep the ship as near the
      wind as possible.

   to touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or
      emendation.
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see also:
touched touching tuck tug tocsin toccata 
tangent to touch a sail to touch the wind to touch up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

touch \touch\, v. i.
   1. to be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no
      space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
      --johnson.
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   2. to fasten; to take effect; to make impression. r.
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            strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon
            gold, that will not touch upon silver. --bacon.
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   3. to treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or
      casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
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            if the antiquaries have touched upon it, they
            immediately
            quitted it.                           --addison.
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   4. naut to be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that
      its weather leech shakes.
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   to touch and go naut., to touch bottom lightly and
      without damage, as a vessel in motion.

   to touch at, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the
      ship touched at lisbon.

   to touch on or to touch upon,
      a to come or go to for a short time. r.
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                i made a little voyage round the lake, and
                touched on the several towns that lie on its
                coasts.                           --addison.
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      b to discuss briefly, as only a small part of a
          discourse.
          pjc
see also:
to touch and go to touch at to touch on to touch upon 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

touch \touch\, n. cf. f. touche. see touch, v. 
   1. the act of touching, or the state of being touched;
      contact.
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            their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.
                                                  --shak.
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   2. physiol. the sense by which pressure or traction exerted
      on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the
      properties of bodies are determined by contact; the
      tactile sense. see tactile sense, under tactile.
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            the spider's touch, how exquisitely fine. --pope.
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   note: pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since
         temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more
         or less combined with them. the organs of touch are
         found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain
         underlying nervous structures.
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   3. act or power of exciting emotion.
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            not alone
            the death of fulvia, with more urgent touches,
            do strongly speak to us.              --shak.
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   4. an emotion or affection.
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            a true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy.
                                                  --hooker.
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   5. personal reference or application. obs.
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            speech of touch toward others should be sparingly
            used.                                 --bacon.
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   6. a stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence,
      animadversion; censure; reproof.
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            i never bare any touch of conscience with greater
            regret.                               --eikon
                                                  basilike.
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   7. a single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
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            never give the least touch with your pencil till you
            have well examined your design.       --dryden.
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   8. feature; lineament; trait.
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            of many faces, eyes, and hearts,
            to have the touches dearest prized.   --shak.
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   9. the act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the
      plural, musical notes.
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            soft stillness and the night
            become the touches of sweet harmony.  --shak.
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   10. a small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
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             eyes la touch of sir peter lely in them. --hazlitt.
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             madam, i have a touch of your condition. --shak.
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   11. a hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
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             a small touch will put him in mind of them.
                                                  --bacon.
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   12. a slight and brief essay. colloq.
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             print my preface in such form as, in the
             booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
                                                  --swift.
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   13. a touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for
       touchstone. obs. " now do i play the touch." --shak.
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             a neat new monument of touch and alabaster.
                                                  --fuller.
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   14. hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard;
       test; proof; tried quality.
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             equity, the true touch of all laws.  --carew.
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             friends of noble touch .             --shak.
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   15. mus. the particular or characteristic mode of action,
       or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the
       fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the
       manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a
       piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.
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   16. shipbilding the broadest part of a plank worked top and
       but see top and but, under top, n., 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. --j. knowles.
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   17. football that part of the field which is beyond the
       line of flags on either side. --encyc. of rural sports.
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   18. a boys' game; tag.
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   19. change ringing a set of changes less than the total
       possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   20. an act of borrowing or stealing. slang
       webster 1913 suppl.

   21. tallow; -- a plumber's term. eng.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   in touch
       a football, outside of bounds. --t. hughes.
       b in communication; communicating, once or repeatedly.
           

   to be in touch,
       a to be in contact, communication, or in sympathy.
       b to be aware of current events.

   to keep touch.
       a to be true or punctual to a promise or engagement
           obs.; hence, to fulfill duly a function.
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                 my mind and senses keep touch and time. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
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       b to keep in contact; to maintain connection or
           sympathy; -- with with or of. also

   to keep in touch.

   touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape.

   true as touch i. e., touchstone, quite true. obs.
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see also:
touch tactile sense tactile top and but top in touch 
to be in touch to keep touch to keep in touch touch and go true as touch 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

touch
     n 1: 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" syn: touching
     2: the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to
        locate objects in the space around us" syn: sense of
        touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses
     3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm
        in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
        syn: trace, ghost
     4: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"
        syn: signature
     5: the act of putting two things together with no space between
        them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" syn: touching
     6: a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a
        touch of garlic" syn: hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot,
         speck, soupcon
     7: a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with
        the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" syn: contact
     8: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
        syn: spot
     9: the act of soliciting money as a gift or loan; "he watched
        the beggar trying to make a touch"
     10: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;
         "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface
         had a greasy feeling" syn: touch sensation, tactual
         sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
     11: deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"
     12: the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful
         touch"
     v 1: make physical contact with, come in contact with; "touch the
          stone for good luck"; "she never touched her husband"
     2: perceive via the tactile sense; "helen keller felt the
        physical world by touching people and objects around her"
     3: affect emotionally; "a stirring movie"; "i was touched by
        your kind letter of sympathy" syn: stir
     4: have to do with or be relevant to; "there were lots of
        questions referring to her talk"; "my remark pertained to
        your earlier comments" syn: refer, pertain, relate,
         concern, come to, bear on, touch on
     5: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "the two
        buildings touch"; "their hands touched"; "the wire must
        not contact the metal cover"; "the surfaces contact at
        this point" syn: adjoin, meet, contact
     6: have an effect upon; "will the new rules affect me?" syn: affect,
         impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on
     7: deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "i wouldn't
        touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "the local mafia won't
        touch gambling"
     8: cause to be in brief contact with; "he touched his toes to
        the horse's flanks"
     9: to extend as far as; "the sunlight reached the wall"; "can
        he reach?" "the chair must not touch the wall" syn: reach,
         extend to
     10: be equal to in quality or ability; "nothing can rival cotton
         for durability"; "your performance doesn't even touch
         that of your colleagues"; "her persistence and ambition
         only matches that of her parents" syn: equal, rival,
          match
     11: tamper with; "don't touch my cds" syn: disturb
     12: make a more or less disguised reference to; "he alluded to
         the problem but did not mention it" syn: allude, advert
     13: comprehend; "he could not touch the meaning of the poem"
     14: consume; "she didn't touch her food all night" syn: partake
     15: dye with a color syn: tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge
see also:
touching sense of touch skin senses touch modality cutaneous senses trace 
ghost signature hint tinge mite 
pinch jot speck soupcon contact 
spot touch sensation tactual sensation tactile sensation feeling 
stir refer pertain relate concern 
come to bear on touch on adjoin meet 
affect impact bear upon reach extend to 
equal rival match disturb allude 
advert partake tint tinct bepaint 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

532 moby thesaurus words for "touch":
   esp, roman candle, ability, abut, access, adjoin, adroitness,
   affect, aid to navigation, alarm, alight, allegory, allude to,
   allusion, amber light, amount to, answer, answer to, appertain to,
   apply, apply to, apprehend, approach, arcane meaning, arouse, art,
   assumption, attouchement, background, background detail, balance,
   balefire, be aware of, be conscious of, be sensible of, beacon,
   beacon fire, beak, bear on, bear upon, beat the drum, beautify,
   beg, begin, bell, bell buoy, belong to, bit, blinker, blow,
   blue peter, border, borrow, break even, bring in, bring up, brush,
   brush by, bum, bunt, buoy, butt, cadge, cantando, capability,
   caress, carry, cast, cause, caution light, characteristic,
   chromesthesia, chuck, color hearing, coloration, coloring,
   come home to, come in contact, come near, come to, come together,
   come up to, commerce, communicate, communication, communion,
   compare with, concern, congress, connect, connection, connotation,
   consume, contact, contingence, conversation, converse, correspond,
   correspond to, correspondence, cover, dab, dash, deal with,
   dealing, dealings, decorative composition, decorative style,
   deftness, demilegato, design, detail, detonate, dexterity, dip,
   disturb, ditto, draw, drink, drop, eat, employ, enhance, equal,
   even, even off, examine, exchange, exchange colors, excite,
   execution, experience, expertise, expression, facility, feel,
   feel of, feeling, figure, fillip, finger, fingering, fire,
   five senses, flag, flag down, flair, flare, flash, flick, flip,
   flirt, float a loan, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn,
   foil, foment, fondle, foreground detail, form, genius, get,
   get a loan, get on credit, get to, gift, give a signal,
   give rise to, give the nod, glance, gleam, glissando, go deep,
   go light, go through one, gong buoy, graze, green light, grieve,
   hail, hail and speak, half-mast, hand, handle, hang,
   have connection with, hear, hearing, heliograph, high sign, hint,
   hit, hit one for, hit up, hoist a banner, idea, ignite, impassion,
   impinge, impingement, impingence, implication, implied meaning,
   import, impress, inference, influence, information, infusion,
   initiate, inkling, innuendo, inspect, inspire, instigate,
   interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion,
   intercourse, interest, interfere with, international alphabet flag,
   international numeral pennant, interplay, intimation, intonation,
   investigate, involve, ironic suggestion, join, jot, junction,
   keep pace with, kick, kiss, knack, knot, land, larceny, leer,
   legato, liaise with, lick, lift, light, line,
   linguistic intercourse, link with, look, make a sign, make use of,
   manner, march, marker beacon, match, match up with, meaning,
   measure up, measure up to, meddle with, meet, melt, melt the heart,
   mention, message, metaphorical sense, method, mezzo staccato,
   mooch, motif, move, movement, music-making, national style,
   negotiate a loan, neighbor, nod, nuance, nudge, occult meaning,
   odor, operation, ornamental motif, osculate, osculation, overtone,
   palm, palpate, palpation, panhandle, parachute flare, parallel,
   parlando, partake of, pass the hat, pat, patch up, pattern, paw,
   pawn, peck, penetrate, perceive, performance, period style,
   pertain to, phonism, photism, pianism, pick, pierce, pilot flag,
   pinch, pizzicato, ply, poke, poke at, police whistle, presumption,
   presupposition, probe, prod, provoke, purloining, put, put to use,
   quarantine flag, quicken, radio beacon, raise, raise a cry,
   raise money, rap, reach, receptor, red flag, red light, refer to,
   regard, relate to, rendering, rendition, renovate, repeated figure,
   repercussion, reply, respect, respond, respond to stimuli,
   response, responsiveness, retouch, rival, rocket, rub, rubato,
   run abreast, run into debt, run to, sadden, sailing aid, salute,
   sauce, scent, scintilla, scrape, scrounge, scrutinize, seasoning,
   see, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, sense,
   sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, set,
   set in motion, set off, setting, shade, shadow, shave, sideswipe,
   sight, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire,
   signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light,
   signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren,
   signal tower, signalize, signature, sip, sixth sense, skill, skim,
   skirt, slur, smack, smart, smattering, smell, snap,
   social intercourse, soften, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet,
   soupcon, spar buoy, spark, speak, speaking, speck, speech,
   speech circuit, speech situation, spiccato, spice, spot,
   sprinkling, spruce up, squeak by, staccato, stack up with, start,
   steal, stealage, stealing, stimulate, sting, stir, stop light,
   streak, strike, stroke, style, subsense, subsidiary sense,
   suggestion, sup, supposition, suspicion, sway, symbolism,
   synesthesia, tactility, taction, taint, take, take advantage of,
   talent, talking, tangency, tap, taste, technique, telepathy,
   tempering, tentative contact, texture, the nod, the wink, theme,
   thievery, thieving, thought, thumb, tickle, tie, tie in with,
   tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tip, titivate, touch a chord,
   touch down, touch off, touch on, touch up, touch upon, touching,
   toy with, trace, traffic, traffic light, traffic signal, treat of,
   trick, trigger, truck, twiddle, two-way communication,
   undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, unfurl a flag, use, verge,
   verge on, vestige, watch fire, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand,
   way, whiff, whisk, white flag, wield, wigwag, wigwag flag, wink,
   yellow flag

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