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touched

TUCHT/tʌt͡ʃt/

3 meanings of touched

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of touch. Use this form for something that already happened.

    He touched the wet paint by accident.

    The waves touched the shore just before dawn.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Feeling warm emotion because someone was kind or did something moving.

    Like the warm feeling in your heart when a friend remembers your birthday.

    She was touched by the children's handmade cards.

    He felt touched when his old friends showed up to help him move.

    Similarmoved, affected

    Oppositeunmoved, unaffected, indifferent

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  3. 3
    adjective
    Acting strange or not quite right in the mind.

    Like someone whose thinking doesn't quite work the usual way.

    The kids thought the old hermit was a little touched.

    She talked to people who weren't there, and neighbors called her touched.

    Similarcrazy, unbalanced, eccentric, dotty, batty

    Oppositesane, rational

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touched is a form of touch

touch, verb: To put your hand, finger, or something you are holding against someone or something. Full entry

Forms
touchtouches he/she/ittouching -ing formtouched past tense, past participle
Spelling
touch → touched: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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