B1 [ I or T ] to put your hand or another part of your body lightly onto and off something or someone:

B2 [ I or T ] (of two or more things) to be so close together that there is no space between; to be in contact:

C2 to harm someone, or use or damage something:

[ T ] informal (usually used in negative sentences) to eat or drink something:

[ T ] to influence someone or something emotionally, or cause feelings of sympathy in someone:

[ T ] (usually used in negative sentences) to have or reach the same standard (= level of quality) as someone or something:

C2 [ S ] a small amount:

[ S ] informal To show that an illness is not too serious, you can say you have had a touch of it:

C2 [ C ] a small addition or detail that makes something better:

B2 [ U ] the ability to know what something is like by feeling it with the fingers:

B2 [ C usually singular ] a quick, light movement of one thing, especially a hand, onto and off another thing:

[ S or U ] an ability to do things in the stated, especially positive, way:

[ C or U ] in sports such as football, a player's ability to control the ball and make it do what they want, or an occasion when a player controls the ball with their foot:

[ U ] the area outside either of the long edges of the space on which football and rugby are played: