Definition

Noun: The faculty or sense by which physical contact, pressure, temperature, or pain is perceived, primarily through nerve endings in the skin, especially in the hands. It is the means by which the physical qualities of objects are experienced through direct contact.

Examples of Usage

• sense of touch
• sense of touch
• sense of touch.

Advanced Usage

• "to lose one's sense of touch": to experience a reduction or absence of tactile sensation, often due to nerve damage.
  • After the injury, he began to lose the sense of touch in his fingertips.
• "a keen sense of touch": having a very sensitive and accurate tactile perception.
  • The artisan's keen sense of touch allowed him to detect the finest imperfections in the wood.

Variants and Related Words

• Touch (n): The act or sensation of touching; often used interchangeably with "sense of touch" in many contexts.
  • The touch of a cold hand made her jump.
• Tactile (adj): Relating to the sense of touch.
  • The museum had a tactile exhibition for visitors to experience art through touch.
• Haptic (adj): Relating to or based on the sense of touch, often used in technology (e.g., haptic feedback).
  • The phone provides haptic vibrations to confirm a button press.

Synonyms

• Tactility: The quality of being perceptible by touch.
• Somatosensation: The physiological process of perceiving touch, temperature, body position, and pain.
• Feeling: (In this context) The capacity to experience touch or physical sensation.

Related Phrases

• Sense of feeling: A common, less technical phrase for the sense of touch.
  • The cold caused a loss of sense of feeling in his toes.

Related Idioms

• A light touch: A gentle or delicate manner, either physically or metaphorically.
  • She decorated the room with a light touch, using soft colors and simple furniture.
• Lose touch (with): To no longer be in contact or familiar with someone or something. (Note: This is an idiomatic, metaphorical use not directly related to the physical sense).
  • After moving away, I lost touch with my old school friends.

Noun

1. the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
   • only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us