Used in a Sentence

touches

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for touches.

Editorial note

The Tea is fantastic, and the little touches like the filter lids make it delightful!

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Primarily physical senses.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of touches gathered in one view.

verb

Primarily physical senses.

verb

To have sexual intercourse with

verb

Primarily non-physical senses.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for touches.

verb

Primarily physical senses.

verb

To have sexual intercourse with

verb

Primarily non-physical senses.

verb

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

Example sentences

1

The Tea is fantastic, and the little touches like the filter lids make it delightful!

2

You don't need some measure of convolutedness to see it touches a number of different cognitive aspects.

3

The GPL has a viral clause that says that whatever code touches GPLed code must be GPLed as well.

4

A VC system with a corrupted database silently wrecking everything that touches it might not be a bad metaphor, though.

5

My iPhone 5 was trying to process photos in the background last night and my Twitter app stopped responding to touches.

6

I mean it's cultural differences and it touches business too, yes.

7

That is, if it is a device that the user touches, that device and its software stack represents a potential control point.

8

Looks like part of the app shows latest social-media activity from contacts, and probably anything that touches those networks gets an automatic 12+.

9

Next time I went over they had traded in their iPod touches (on Amazon) and each had iPad 2s.

10

This touches in to pg's point about cliffs (which I understand means when you leave, your equity leaves too) and jasonlbaptiste's point about clear roles and responsibilities.

11

Your question also touches on abortion, and the argument that a fetus deserves less protection from society because of its lack of social connection.

12

The article touches on the major areas: - Jobs where we need someone to be responsible.

Quote examples

1

What's more, it can "infect" any other code that touches it, in turn requiring casting or weird const additions.

2

SEC touches on loophole-creation in at least one place: "The SEC argues that, if inside-trading liability does not exist when the information is transmitted for a proper purpose but is used for trading, it would be a rare situation when the parties could not fabricate some ostensibly legitimate business justification for transmitting the information.

3

Most advertising networks have intrusive or annoying ads that actually block my ability to read a site by using pop-overs if my mouse cursor accidentally touches a keyword, divs that obscure content until I've paid sufficient attention to locate and click the "X", auto-playing sounds/videos, etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use touches in a sentence?

The Tea is fantastic, and the little touches like the filter lids make it delightful!

What does touches mean?

Primarily physical senses.

What part of speech is touches?

touches is commonly used as verb.