touch#1 (n)
sense of touch (n)
skin senses (n)
touch modality (n)
cutaneous senses (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
examples only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us
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Hypernym somatosense; exteroception
Part holonym somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense
Derivationally related form touch → touch
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Pertainym (pertains to noun) tactual → touch
Pertainym (pertains to noun) tactile → touch
Pertainym (pertains to noun) haptic → touch
Hyponym exteroception; somatosense
Part meronym somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense
Derivationally related form touch → touch

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