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touching

verb
/ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

  1. inherited from touchynge

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of touch

  2. Provoking sadness and pity

    Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.

    • a touching story

  3. In direct contact with.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Regarding

      Regarding; concerning.

      • Now as touching things offered vnto idoles, wee know that wee all haue knowledge.

    2. The act by which something is touched.

      • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

    3. A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at touching. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01touching02heartbreak03disappointment04feeling05sensitive06sensation07contact

A definitional loop anchored at touching. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at touching

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA