touch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of touch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to touch down
Participle: touched down
Gerund: touching down

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of touch

Indicative

Present

Itouch down
youtouch down
he;she;ittouches down
wetouch down
youtouch down
theytouch down

Perfect

Ihave touched down
youhave touched down
he;she;ithas touched down
wehave touched down
youhave touched down
theyhave touched down

Past

Itouched down
youtouched down
he;she;ittouched down
wetouched down
youtouched down
theytouched down

Pluperfect

Ihad touched down
youhad touched down
he;she;ithad touched down
wehad touched down
youhad touched down
theyhad touched down

Future

Iwill touch down
youwill touch down
he;she;itwill touch down
wewill touch down
youwill touch down
theywill touch down

Future Perfect

Iwill have touched down
youwill have touched down
he;she;itwill have touched down
wewill have touched down
youwill have touched down
theywill have touched down

Subjunctive

Present

Itouch down
youtouch down
he;she;ittouch down
wetouch down
youtouch down
theytouch down

Perfect

Ihave touched down
youhave touched down
he;she;ithave touched down
wehave touched down
youhave touched down
theyhave touched down

Imperfect

Itouched down
youtouched down
he;she;ittouched down
wetouched down
youtouched down
theytouched down

Pluperfect

Ihad touched down
youhad touched down
he;she;ithad touched down
wehad touched down
youhad touched down
theyhad touched down

Conditional

Present

Iwould touch down
youwould touch down
he;she;itwould touch down
wewould touch down
youwould touch down
theywould touch down

Perfect

Iwould have touched down
youwould have touched down
he;she;itwould have touched down
wewould have touched down
youwould have touched down
theywould have touched down

Imperative

youtouch down
weLet's touch down
youtouch down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam touching down
youare touching down
he;she;itis touching down
weare touching down
youare touching down
theyare touching down

Perfect

Ihave been touching down
youhave been touching down
he;she;ithas been touching down
wehave been touching down
youhave been touching down
theyhave been touching down

Past

Iwas touching down
youwere touching down
he;she;itwas touching down
wewere touching down
youwere touching down
theywere touching down

Pluperfect

Ihad been touching down
youhad been touching down
he;she;ithad been touching down
wehad been touching down
youhad been touching down
theyhad been touching down

Future

Iwill be touching down
youwill be touching down
he;she;itwill be touching down
wewill be touching down
youwill be touching down
theywill be touching down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been touching down
youwill have been touching down
he;she;itwill have been touching down
wewill have been touching down
youwill have been touching down
theywill have been touching down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be touching down
youwould be touching down
he;she;itwould be touching down
wewould be touching down
youwould be touching down
theywould be touching down

Perfect

Iwould have been touching down
youwould have been touching down
he;she;itwould have been touching down
wewould have been touching down
youwould have been touching down
theywould have been touching down

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'touch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'touch'

couch, mouch, pouch, torch, tough, vouch, avouch, betouch, botch, bouche,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to speak of something in a brief or cursory manner; to make a short reference to something
bring up, mention, reference, toss up, touch on
to take into the body, as for digestion
consume, get outside, ingest, partake, put away
to perceive by touch; to detect tactile sensations
feel, grope, handle
to have to do with; be relevant to
affect, bear on, bear upon, concern, impact, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate
feel
palpate, rub, stroke, pat, pet, handle, nudge, manipulate
meet
attain, reach, encounter
impress
affect, move, strike, stir, soften

Antonyms

meet
depart, separate, diverge, scatter

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1290 (implied in touching), from O.Fr. touchier "to touch, hit, knock" (11c.), from V.L. *toccare "to knock, strike" as a bell (cf. Sp. tocar, It. toccare), perhaps of imitative origin. Meaning "to get or borrow money" first recorded 1760. Touched "stirred emotionally" is from 1340; touching "affecting the emotions" is from 1601. Touch and go (adj.) is recorded from 1812, apparently from the name of a tag-like game, first recorded 1655. Touch football is first attested 1933. Touch-me-not (1597) translates L. noli-me-tangere.
2. From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern French toucher; compare French doublet toquer (“to offend, bother, harass”)), from Vulgar Latin *tuccō (“to knock, strike, offend”), from Frankish *tukkōn (“to knock, strike, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *tukkōną (“to tug, grab, grasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull, lead”). Largely displaced native Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan (whence Modern English rine). Doublet of tuck.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Old High German zochhōn, zuhhōn (“to grasp, take, seize, snatch”) (whence German zucken (“to jerk, flinch”)), German Low German tucken, tocken (“to fidget, twitch, pull up, entice, throb, knock, repeatedly tap”), Middle Dutch tocken, tucken (“to touch, entice”) (whence Dutch tokkelen (“to strum, pluck”)), Old English tucian, tūcian (“to disturb, mistreat”) (whence Modern English tuck). Compare also Old High German tokkōn, tockōn (“to abut, collide”). More at tuck.
5. Via Proto-Indo-European *dewk- cognate with English tie, tow, tug, team, Latin dūcō, dux. See: Middle English 'touchen', Old French 'tochier', French 'toucher', Proto-Germanic '*tukkōną', German, old spelling 'zucken', Dutch 'tokkelen', Old English 'tucian'.

Verbs referencing "touch"

Belize Creole toch.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] to see her write again, the teacher who sat beside her, bade her, in their language, sign her name upon a slip of paper, twice or thrice. In doing so, I observed that she kept her left hand always touching, and following up, her right, in which, of course, she held the pen. No line was indicated by any contrivance, but she wrote straight and freely. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] was beautiful to witness. It elicited from her at first, as other slight circumstances did twice or thrice during my visit, an uncouth noise which was rather painful to hear. But of her teacher touching her lips, she immediately desisted, and embraced her laughingly and affectionately. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] talk like a fool ! Really, it will be something pretty awkward for me, if she is. Haley saw that I hesitated about selling this child, and he'll think I connived at it, to get him out of the way. It touches my honor ! ” And Mr. Shelby left the room hastily. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] their station, which, indeed, it scrupulously required of them; and secondly, by his cautioning them not to set up any monopoly in Paradise and its mercies. I never heard these two points so wisely touched (if indeed I have ever heard them touched at all ), by any preacher of that kind before. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] of them; and secondly, by his cautioning them not to set up any monopoly in Paradise and its mercies. I never heard these two points so wisely touched (if indeed I have ever heard them touched at all ), by any preacher of that kind before. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf. Sam, with frantic ejaculations, made a dive at [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Mamma, ” said one of the boys, gently touching her arm, “ you going to give away _those_ things ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I say, now, ” said the drover, touching his elbow, “ there's differences in parsons, an't there ? ’ Cussed be Canaan ’ don't seem to go down with this ’ un, does it ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] which we were to spend three or four days, by any means a cheerful one; as it involved some uneasy speculations concerning the disposal of the passengers at night, and opened a wide field of inquiry touching the other domestic arrangements of the establishment, which was sufficiently disconcerting. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] I was at first in some uncertainty as to the best means of getting into it. But the shelf being a bottom one, I finally determined on lying upon the floor, rolling gently in, stopping immediately I touched the mattress, and remaining for the night with that side uppermost, whatever it might be. Luckily, I came upon my back at exactly the right moment. I was much alarmed on looking upward, to see, by [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • What would she say ? I saw her touching his bare arms with her fingers. (Jahaan Chaar Yaar)
  • " A lullaby, touching you with delight " " Your sari draped in bashful grace " (Magudam)
  • " Pearl-gem garland shining bright " " A lullaby, touching you with delight " (Magudam)