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The Sense Of Touch

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

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alive

adj –1. (14) alive, live – (possessing life; ”the happiest person alive”;”the nerve is alive”; ”doctors are working hard to keep him alive”;”burned alive”; ”a live canary”)


blush

noun –1. bloom, blush, flush, rosiness – (a rosy color (especial ly inthe cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)

verb –1. (9) blush, crimson, flush, redden – (turn red, as if inembarrassment or shame; ”The girl blushed when a young manwhistled as she walked by”)


blushing


adj –. (1) blushful, blushing, red-faced – (having a red face fromembarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; ”theblushing boy was brought before the Principal”; ”her blushful beau”;”was red-faced with anger”)


bristly

adj –1. bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish – (very irritable; ”bristlyexchanges between the White House and the press”; ”he becameprickly and spiteful”; ”witty and waspish about his colleagues” )


brush

noun –1. (11) brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket – (a densegrowth of bushes)

verb –1. (11) brush – (rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;”Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”)


bumpy

adj –1. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy – (causing orcharacterized by jolts and irregular movements; ”a rough ride”)


caress

noun –. (2) caress – (a gentle affectionate stroking (or somethingresembling it); ”he showered her with caresses”; ”soft music was afond caress”; ”the caresses of the breeze played over his face”)

verb –. (5) caress, fondle – (touch or stroke lightly in a loving orendearing manner; ”He caressed her face”; ”They fondled in the backseat of the taxi”)


chill

noun –1. (3) chill, iciness, gelidity – (coldness due to a coldenvironment)

verb –1. (2) chill – (depress or discourage; ”The news of the city’ssurrender chilled the soldiers”)


chilly

noun –. chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, chile – (very hot and finelytapering pepper of special pungency)

adj –1. (1) chilly – (not characterized by emotion; ”a female form inmarble–a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstractvirtues”-C.W.Cunningham)


coarse

adj –1. (1) coarse, harsh – (of textures that are rough to the touch orsubstances consisting of relatively large particles; ”coarse meal”;”coarse sand”; ”a coarse weave”)


cold

noun –1. (5) cold, common cold – (a mild viral infection involvingthe nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); ”will theynever find a cure for the common cold?”)

adj –1. (35) cold – (having a low or inadequate temperature orfeeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice orrefrigeration; ”a cold climate”; ”a cold room”; ”dinner has gottencold”; ”cold fingers”; ”if you are cold, turn up the heat”; ”a coldbeer”)


coldness

noun –1. (1) cold, coldness – (the sensation produced by lowtemperatures; ”he shivered from the cold”; ”the cold helped clear hishead”)


contact

noun –1. (29) contact – (close interaction; ”they kept in dailycontact”; ”they claimed that they had been in contact withextraterrestrial beings”)

verb –1. (10) reach, get through, get hold of, contact – (be in orestablish communication with; ”Our advertisements reach millions”;”He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia”)


cool

noun –1. cool – (the quality of being at a refreshingly lowtemperature; ”the cool of early morning”)

verb –1. (15) cool, chill, cool down – (make cool or cooler; ”Chill thefood”)

adj –1. (25) cool – (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief fromheat; ”a cool autumn day”; ”a cool room”; ”cool summer dresses”;”cool drinks”; ”a cool breeze”)


creepy

adj –1. creepy – (annoying and unpleasant; ”some creepy kids werebothering her”)


crisp

noun –. (1) chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip – (a thin crispslice of potato fried in deep fat)

verb –1. wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp –(make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed,folded or wrinkled line in; ”The dress got wrinkled”; ”crease the paperlike this to make a crane”)

adj –1. (3) crisp, sharp – ((of something seen or heard) clearlydefined; ”a sharp photographic image”; ”the sharp crack of a twig”;”the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”)


cuddly

adj –. cuddlesome, cuddly – (inviting cuddling or hugging; ”acuddlesome baby”; ”a cuddly teddybear”)


dab

noun –1. (1) tap, pat, dab – (a light touch or stroke)

verb –1. (2) dab, swab, swob – (apply (usually a liquid) to a surface;”dab the wall with paint”)


damp

noun –. damp, dampness, moistness – (a slight wetness)

verb –1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down – (deaden (asound or noise), especially by wrapping)

adj –. (6) damp, dampish, moist – (slightly wet; ”clothes damp withperspiration”; ”a moist breeze”; ”eyes moist with tears”)


deadened

verb –1. (1) dampen, deaden, damp – (make vague or obscure ormake (an image) less visible; ”muffle the message”)

adj –1. (1) dead, deadened – (devoid of physical sensation; numb;”his gums were dead from the novocain”; ”she felt no discomfort asthe dentist drilled her deadened tooth”; ”a public desensitized bycontinuous television coverage of atrocities”)


downy

adj –1. downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy – (like down or as soft as down)


dull

verb –1. (1) dull – (make dull in appearance; ”Age had dulled thesurface”)

adj –1. (5) dull – (lacking in liveliness or animation; ”he was so dullat parties”; ”a dull political campaign”; ”a large dull impassive man”;”dull days with nothing to do”; ”how dull and dreary the world is”;”fell back into one of her dull moods”)


dry

noun –. dry, prohibitionist – (a reformer who opposes the use ofintoxicating beverages)

verb –1. (12) dry, dry out – (remove the moisture from and makedry; ”dry clothes”; ”dry hair”)

adj –1. (18) dry – (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural ornormal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; ”dry land”;”dry clothes”; ”a dry climate”; ”dry splintery boards”; ”a dry riverbed”; ”the paint is dry”)


dusty

adj –1. dusty, dust-covered – (covered with a layer of dust; ”a dustypile of books”)


feathery

adj –1. featherlike, feathery – (resembling or suggesting a feather orfeathers; ”feathery palm trees”)


feel

noun –1. (5) feel – (an intuitive awareness; ”he has a feel foranimals” or ”it’s easy when you get the feel of it”;)

verb –1. (181) feel, experience – (undergo an emotional sensatio n orbe in a particular state of mind; ”She felt resentful”; ”He felt regret”)


feeling

noun –1. (49) feeling – (the experiencing of affective and emotionalstates; ”she had a feeling of euphoria”; ”he had terrible feelings ofguilt”; ”I disliked him and the feeling was mutual”)

verb –1. (181) feel, experience – (undergo an emotional sensatio n orbe in a particular state of mind; ”She felt resentful”; ”He felt regret”)


feverish

adj –1. (4) feverish, hectic – (marked by intense agitation or emotion;”worked at a feverish pace”)


firm

noun –. (26) firm, house, business firm – (the members of a businessorganization that owns or operates one or more establishmen ts; ”heworked for a brokerage house”)

verb –1. tauten, firm – (become taut or tauter; ”Your muscles willfirm when you exercise regularly”; ”the rope tautened”)

adj –1. (12) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfalter ing,unshakable, unwavering – (marked by firm determination orresolution; not shakable; ”firm convictions”; ”a firm mouth”; ”steadfast resolve”; ”a man of unbendable perseverence”; ”unwaveringloyalty”)

adv –. (1) firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly – (with resolutedetermination; ”we firmly believed it”; ”you must stand firm”)


flabby

adj –. soft, flabby, flaccid – (out of condition; not strong or robust;incapable of exertion or endurance; ”he was too soft for the army”;”flabby around the middle”; ”flaccid cheeks”)


flat

noun –1. (2) flat – (a level tract of land; ”the salt flats of Utah”)

adj –1. (11) flat, level, plane – (having a surface without slope, tilt inwhich no part is higher or lower than another; ”a flat desk”; ”acres oflevel farmland”; ”a plane surface”; ”skirts sewn with fine flat seams”)

adv –1. flat – (with flat sails; ”sail flat against the wind”)


fluffy

adj –. (1) downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy – (like down or as soft asdown)


flush

noun –1. (1) flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom,efflorescence, flush – (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)


adj –1. (1) flush – (of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one,forming the same plane; ”a door flush with the wall”; ”the bottom ofthe window is flush with the floor”)

adv –1. (2) flush – (squarely or solidly; ”hit him flush in the face”)


flushed


adj –1. (2) flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked – (having thepinkish flush of health)


fondle

verb –. caress, fondle – (touch or stroke lightly in a loving orendearing manner; ”He caressed her face”; ”They fondled in the backseat of the taxi”)


fumble

noun –. (1) fumble, muff – ((sports) dropping the ball)

verb –1. (4) grope, fumble – (feel about uncertainly or blindly; ”Shegroped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom”)


furry

adj –. (1) furred, furry – (covered with a dense coat of fine silkyhairs; ”furred animals”; ”a furry teddy bear”)


fuzzy

adj –1. (2) fuzzed, fuzzy – (covering with fine light hairs; ”his headfuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed”)


gooey

adj –. gooey, icky – (soft and sticky)


grab

noun –1. grab – (a mechanical device for gripping an object)

verb –1. (27) catch, grab, take hold of – (take hold of so as to seizeor restrain or stop the motion of; ”Catch the ball!”; ”Grab theelevator door!”)


grasp

noun –1. appreciation, grasp, hold – (understanding of the nature ormeaning or quality or magnitude of something; ”he has a good graspof accounting practices”)

verb –1. (15) grasp, hold on – (hold firmly)


grainy

adj –. farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty,mealy – (composed of or covered with particles resembling meal intexture or consistency; ”granular sugar”; ”the photographs weregrainy and indistinct”; ”it left a mealy residue”)


greasy

adj –1. (7) greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous – (containing anunusual amount of grease or oil; ”greasy hamburgers”; ”oily friedpotatoes”; ”oleaginous seeds”)


gritty

adj –1. (1) farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose,gritty, mealy – (composed of or covered with particles resemblingmeal in texture or consistency; ”granular sugar”; ”the photographswere grainy and indistinct”; ”it left a mealy residue”)


gummy

adj –1. (1) gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky,viscid, viscous – (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)


hairy

adj –1. (2) hairy, haired, hirsute – (having or covered with hair;”Jacob was a hairy man”; ”a hairy caterpillar”)


handle

noun –. (4) handle, grip, handgrip, hold – (the appendage to anobject that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; ”hegrabbed the hammer by the handle”; ”it was an old briefcase but itstill had a good grip”)

verb –1. (41) manage, deal, care, handle – (be in charge of, act on,or dispose of; ”I can deal with this crew of workers”; ”This blendercan’t handle nuts”; ”She managed her parents’ affairs after they gottoo old”)


hard

adj –1. (37) difficult, hard – (not easy; requiring great physical ormental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; ”a difficulttask”; ”nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”; ”difficulttimes”; ”why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?”)

adv –1. (12) hard – (with effort or force or vigor; ”the team playedhard”; ”worked hard all day”; ”pressed hard on the lever”; ”hit theball hard”; ”slammed the door hard”)


heavy

noun –1. heavy – (an actor who plays villainous roles)

adj –1. (32) heavy – (of comparatively great physical weight ordensity; ”a heavy load”; ”lead is a heavy metal”; ”heavy mahoganyfurniture”)

adv –. heavy, heavily – (slowly as if burdened by much weight; ”timehung heavy on their hands”)


hit

noun –1. (15) hit – ((baseball) a successful stroke in an athleticcontest (especially in baseball); ”he came all the way around onWilliams’ hit”)

verb –1. (25) hit – (cause to move by striking; ”hit a ball”)


hot

adj –1. (50) hot – (used of physical heat; having a high or higherthan desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing asensation of heat or burning; ”hot stove”; ”hot water”; ”a hot Augustday”; ”a hot stuffy room”; ”she’s hot and tired”; ”a hot forehead”)


humid

adj –. humid – (containing or characterized by a great deal of watervapor; ”humid air”; ”humid weather”)


itch

noun –1. scabies, itch – (a contagious skin infection caused by theitch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; ”hehas a bad case of the itch”)

verb –1. (3) rub, scratch, itch – (scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;”Don’t scratch your insect bites!”)


juicy

adj –1. (1) juicy – (full of juice)


jumpy

adj –1. (1) edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy,overstrung, restive, uptight – (being in a tense state)


lifeless

adj –1. (2) lifeless, exanimate – (deprived of life; no longer living; ”alifeless body”)


light

noun –1. (46) light, visible light, visible radiation – ((physic s)electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; ”thelight was filtered through a soft glass window”)

verb –1. (12) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate – (makelighter or brighter; ”This lamp lightens the room a bit”)

adj –1. (14) light – (of comparatively little physical weight or density;”a light load”; ”magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravityof 1.74 at 20 degrees C”)

adv –. lightly, light – (with few burdens; ”experienced travelle rstravel light”)


limp

noun –. hitch, hobble, limp – (the uneven manner of walking thatresults from an injured leg)

verb –1. (3) limp, gimp, hobble, hitch – (walk impeded by somephysical limitation or injury; ”The old woman hobbles down to thestore every day”)

adj –1. (3) limp, wilted – (not firm; ”wilted lettuce”)


lukewarm

adj –1. (1) lukewarm, tepid – (moderately warm; ”he hates lukewarmcoffee”; ”tepid bath water”)


lumpy

adj –1. chunky, lumpy – (like or containing small sticky lumps; ”thedumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough”)


massage

noun –. (1) massage – (kneading and rubbing parts of the body toincrease circulation and promote relaxation)

verb –1. (1) massage, rub down, knead – (manually manipulate(someone’s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; ”Sherubbed down her child with a sponge”)


maul

noun –. maul, sledge, sledgehammer – (a heavy long-handledhammer used to drive stakes or wedges)

verb –1. maul – (split (wood) with a maul and wedges)


moist

adj –. (6) damp, dampish, moist – (slightly wet; ”clothes damp withperspiration”; ”a moist breeze”; ”eyes moist with tears”)


numb

verb –. numb, benumb, blunt, dull – (make numb or insensitive;”The shock numbed her senses”)

adj –1. (3) asleep, benumbed, numb – (lacking sensation; ”my foot isasleep”; ”numb with cold”)


oily

adj –1. (4) greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous – (containing anunusual amount of grease or oil; ”greasy hamburgers”; ”oily friedpotatoes”; ”oleaginous seeds”)


pat

noun –1. pat, rap, tap – (the sound made by a gentle blow)

verb –1. (11) chuck, pat – (pat or squeeze fondly or playfully,especially under the chin)

adj –1. glib, pat, slick – (having only superficial plausibility ; ”glibpromises”; ”a slick commercial”)

adv –. pat – (completely or perfectly; ”he has the lesson pat”; ”hadthe system down pat”)


peck

noun –1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot,mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad– ((often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent; ”abatch of letters”; ”a deal of trouble”; ”a lot of money”; ”he made amint on the stock market”; ”see the rest of the winners in our hugepassel of photos”; ”it must have cost plenty”; ”a slew of journalists”;”a wad of money”)

verb –1. (3) peck, pick, beak – (hit lightly with a picking motion)


pet

noun –1. (2) pet – (a domesticated animal kept for companionship oramusement)

verb –1. (1) pet – (stroke or caress gently; ”pet the lamb”)

adj –. favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent– (preferred above all others and treated with partiality; ”the favoredchild”)


pinch

noun –1. pinch – (a painful or straitened circumstance; ”the pinch ofthe recession”)

verb –1. (3) pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch – (squeezetightly between the fingers; ”He pinched her behind”; ”She squeezedthe bottle”)


powdery

adj –1. (1) powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grai ned,fine-grained – (consisting of fine particles; ”powdered cellulos e”;”powdery snow”; ”pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugarby grinding”)


prickly

adj –1. (1) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish – (very irritable; ”bristlyexchanges between the White House and the press”; ”he becameprickly and spiteful”; ”witty and waspish about his colleagues”)


pull

noun –1. (5) pull, pulling – (the act of pulling; applying force tomove something toward or with you; ”the pull up the hill had himbreathing harder”; ”his strenuous pulling strained his back”)

verb –1. (44) pull, draw, force – (cause to move by pulling; ”draw awagon”; ”pull a sled”)


push

noun –1. (4) push, pushing – (the act of applying force in order tomove something away; ”he gave the door a hard push”; ”the pushingis good exercise”)

verb –1. (56) push, force – (move with force, ”He pushed the tableinto a corner”)


rough

noun –. rough – (the part of a golf course bordering the fairwaywhere the grass is not cut short)

verb –. (1) rough in, rough, rough out – (prepare in preliminary orsketchy form)

adj –1. (13) rough, unsmooth – (having or caused by an irregularsurface; ”trees with rough bark”; ”rough ground”; ”rough skin”;”rough blankets”; ”his unsmooth face”)

adv –1. (1) roughly, rough – (with roughness or violence (‘rough’ isan informal variant for ‘roughly’); ”he was pushed roughly aside”;”they treated him rough”)


rub

noun –1. hang-up, hitch, rub, snag – (an unforeseen obstacle)

verb –1. (19) rub – (move over something with pressure; ”rub myhands”; ”rub oil into her skin”)


sandy

adj –1. (1) flaxen, sandy – (of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowishbrown; ”flaxen locks”)


scratch

noun –1. (1) abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation – (an abradedarea where the skin is torn or worn off)

verb –1. (9) rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch – (cause friction; ”mysweater scratches”)


scratchy

adj –1. (1) abrasive, scratchy – (causing abrasion)


sharp

noun –1. sharp – (a musical notation indicating one half step higherthan the note named)

adj –1. (9) crisp, sharp – ((of something seen or heard) clearlydefined; ”a sharp photographic image”; ”the sharp crack of a twig”;”the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”)

adv –. (1) sharply, sharp, acutely – (changing suddenly in directionand degree; ”the road twists sharply after the light”; ”turn sharp lefthere”; ”the visor was acutely peaked”; ”her shoes had acutely pointedtoes”)


shiver

noun –1. (1) tremble, shiver, shake – (a reflex motion caused by coldor fear or excitement)

verb –1. (5) shudder, shiver, throb, thrill – (tremble convulsiv ely, asfrom fear or excitement)


shudder

noun –1. frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle – (analmost pleasurable sensation of fright; ”a frisson of surprise shotthrough him”)

verb –1. (5) shiver, shudder – (shake, as from cold; ”The children areshivering–turn on the heat!”)


shuddering

verb –1. (5) shiver, shudder – (shake, as from cold; ”The children areshivering–turn on the heat!”)

adj –. (1) shuddering – (shaking convulsively or violently)


shuddery

adj –. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery – (provoking fearterror; ”a scary movie”; ”the most terrible and shuddery...tales ofmurder and revenge”)


shove

noun –. shove – (the act of shoving (giving a push to someone orsomething); ”he gave the door a shove”)

verb –1. (6) jostle, shove – (come into rough contact with whilemoving; ”The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowdedtrain”)


silky

adj –. satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick – (having a smooth,gleaming surface reflecting light; ”glossy auburn hair”; ”satinygardenia petals”; ”sleek black fur”; ”silken eyelashes”; ”silky skin”; ”asilklike fabric”; ”slick seals and otters”)


slap

noun –1. slap, smack – (a blow from a flat object (as an open hand))

verb –. (15) slap – (hit with something flat, like a paddle or the openhand; ”The impatient teacher slapped the student”; ”a gunshotslapped him on the forehead”)

adv –. bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt – (directly; ”he ran banginto the pole”; ”ran slap into her”)


slick

noun –1. (1) slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip – (a slipperysmoothness; ”he could feel the slickness of the tiller”)

verb –1. slick, sleek – (make slick or smooth)

adj –1. slick – (made slick by e.g. ice or grease; ”sidewalks slick withice”; ”roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn’t hadtime to wash away the oil”)


slimy

adj –1. slimed, slimy – (covered with or resembling slime; ”a slimysubstance covered the rocks”)


slippery

adj –1. (3) slippery, slippy – (causing or tending to cause things toslip or slide; ”slippery sidewalks”; ”a slippery bar of soap”; ”thestreets are still slippy from the rain”)


smooth

noun –. smooth – (the act of smoothing; ”he gave his hair a quicksmooth”)

verb –1. (7) smooth, smoothen – (make smooth or smoother, as ifby rubbing; ”smooth the surface of the wood”)

adj –1. (11) smooth – (having a surface free from roughness orbumps or ridges or irregularities; ”smooth skin”; ”a smooth tabletop”;”smooth fabric”; ”a smooth road”; ”water as smooth as a mirror”)


soft

adj –1. (18) soft – (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

adv –. (1) easy, soft – (in a relaxed manner; or without hardship;”just wanted to take it easy” (‘soft’ is nonstandard))


solid

noun –1. (14) solid – (matter that is solid at room temperature andpressure)

adj –1. (8) solid – (characterized by good substantial quality; ”solidcomfort”; ”a solid base hit”)


spongy

adj –1. (2) spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike – (easily squashed;resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility;”spongy bread”)


springy

adj –1. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy – (elastic; reboundsreadily; ”clean bouncy hair”; ”a lively tennis ball”; ”as resilient asseasoned hickory”; ”springy turf”)


squashy

adj –1. pulpy, squashy – (like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness)


squeeze

noun –1. (1) squeeze, squeezing – (the act of gripping and pressingfirmly; ”he gave her cheek a playful squeeze”)

verb –1. (9) squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze – (to compresswith violence, out of natural shape or condition; ”crush an aluminumcan”; ”squeeze a lemon”)


stiff

noun –1. (2) stiff – (an ordinary man; ”a lucky stiff”; ”a workingstiff”)

adj –1. (2) stiff – (not moving or operating freely; ”a stiff hinge”)

adv –1. stiff – (extremely; ”bored stiff”; ”frightened stiff”)


sting

noun –1. (2) sting, stinging – (a kind of pain; something as suddenand painful as being stung; ”the sting of death”; ”he felt the stingingof nettles”)

verb –1. (1) bite, sting, burn – (cause a sharp or stinging pain ordiscomfort; ”The sun burned his face”)


stinging

noun –. sting, stinging – (a kind of pain; something as sudden andpainful as being stung; ”the sting of death”; ”he felt the stinging ofnettles”)

verb –1. (1) bite, sting, burn – (cause a sharp or stinging pain ordiscomfort; ”The sun burned his face”)

adj –. cutting, edged, stinging – ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in toneor character; ”cutting remarks”; ”edged satire”; ”a stingingcomment”)


stretchy

adj –. stretchable, stretchy – (capable of being easily stretche d andresuming former size or shape)


strike

noun –1. (7) strike, work stoppage – (a group’s refusal to work inprotest against low pay or bad work conditions; ”the strike lastedmore than a month before it was settled”)

verb –1. (18) strike – (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, orweapon; ”The teacher struck the child”; ”the opponent refused tostrike”; ”The boxer struck the attacker dead”)


stroke

noun –1. (3) stroke, shot – ((sports) the act of swinging or strikingat a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; ”it took twostrokes to get out of the bunker”; ”a good shot requires good balanceand tempo”; ”he left me an almost impossible shot”)

verb –1. (4) stroke – (touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushingmotions; ”He stroked his long beard”)


tag

noun –1. (4) tag, ticket – (a label written or printed on paper,cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate itsowner, nature, price, etc.)

verb –1. (3) tag, label, mark – (attach a tag or label to; ”label thesebottles”)


tap

noun –1. (3) pat, rap, tap – (the sound made by a gentle blow)

verb –1. (6) tap – (cut a female screw thread with a tap)


temperature

noun –1. (91) temperature – (the degree of hotness or coldness of abody or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))


tepid

adj –1. (1) lukewarm, tepid – (moderately warm; ”he hates lukewarmcoffee”; ”tepid bath water”)


texture

noun –1. (13) texture – (the feel of a surface or a fabric; ”the wallhad a smooth texture”)


thorny

adj –1. thorny – (bristling with perplexities; ”the thorny question ofstates’ rights”)


tickle

noun –1. tickle – (a cutaneous sensation often resulting from lightstroking)

verb –1. tickle, titillate, vellicate – (touch (a body part) lightly so asto excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, orspasmodic movements)


ticklish

adj –. delicate, ticklish, touchy – (difficult to handle; requiring greattact; ”delicate negotiations with the big powers”;”hes itates to beexplicit on so ticklish a matter”; ”a touchy subject”)


tingle

noun –1. frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle – (analmost pleasurable sensation of fright; ”a frisson of surprise shotthrough him”)

verb –. (3) tingle, prickle – (cause a stinging or tingling sensation)


touch

noun –1. (8) touch, touching – (the event of something coming incontact with the body; ”he longed for the touch of her hand”; ”thecooling touch of the night air”)

verb –1. (33) touch – (make physical contact with, come in contactwith; ”Touch the stone for good luck”; ”She never touched herhusband”)


tough

noun –1. street fighter, tough – (someone who learned to fight in thestreets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing)

adj –1. (9) tough – (not given to gentleness or sentimentality; ”atough character”)


toughened

verb –. toughen – (make tough or tougher; ”This experience willtoughen her”)

adj –1. tough, toughened – (physically toughened; ”the toughbottoms of his feet”)


uneven

adj –1. (4) uneven – (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture;”an uneven color”; ”uneven ground”; ”uneven margins”; ”wood withan uneven grain”)


velvety

adj –1. (3) velvet, velvety, velvet-textured – (smooth and soft tosight or hearing or touch or taste)


vibrate

verb –1. (1) vibrate – (shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forthrapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner)


vibrating

verb –1. (1) vibrate – (shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forthrapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner)


warm

verb –1. (2) warm, warm up – (get warm or warmer; ”The soupwarmed slowly on the stove”)

adj –1. (27) warm – (having or producing a comfortable andagreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; ”a warmbody”; ”a warm room”; ”a warm climate”; ”a warm coat”)

adv –. warmly, warm – (in a warm manner; ”warmly dressed”;”warm-clad skiers”)


warmth

noun –1. (4) heat, warmth – (the sensation caused by heat energy)


wet

noun –. (1) moisture, wet – (wetness caused by water; ”drops of wetgleamed on the window”)

verb –1. (4) wet – (cause to become wet; ”Wet your face”)

adj –1. (23) wet – (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; ”awet bathing suit”; ”wet sidewalks”; ”wet weather”)


woolly

adj –1. (1) flocculent, woolly, wooly – (having a fluffy character orappearance)


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