'To touch on' definitions:
Definition of 'To touch on'
From: GCIDE
- Touch \Touch\, v. i.
- 1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon. [1913 Webster]
- If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately quitted it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Naut) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. [1913 Webster]
- To touch and go (Naut.), to touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.
- To touch at, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the ship touched at Lisbon.
- To touch on or To touch upon, (a) to come or go to for a short time. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (b) to discuss briefly, as only a small part of a discourse. [PJC]
Words containing 'To touch on'
- In touch,
- To be in touch,
- To touch at,
- To touch up,
- Touch,
- Touched,
- Touching,
- Touchingly,
- not touch,
- out of touch,
- touch down,
- touch off,
- touch on,
- touch up,
- Master touch,
- Royal touch,
- To keep touch,
- To touch a sail,
- To touch and go,
- To touch bottom,
- To touch the wind,
- To touch upon,
- Touch and go,
- Touch-me-not,
- True as touch,
- common touch,
- finishing touch,
- get in touch,
- get in touch with,
- keep in touch,
- light touch,
- midas touch,
- sense of touch,
- soft touch,
- to keep in touch,
- touch a chord,
- touch base,
- touch bottom,
- touch football,
- touch modality,
- touch perception,
- touch screen,
- touch sensation,
- touch system,
- touch typing,
- touch up paint,
- touch upon,
- touched tinged,
- Touch-box,
- Touch-needle,
- Touch-paper,
- touch-and-go,
- touch-type,
- touch-typist