touch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of touch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to touch sb up
Participle: touched sb up
Gerund: touching sb up

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of touch

Indicative

Present

Itouch sb up
youtouch sb up
he;she;ittouches sb up
wetouch sb up
youtouch sb up
theytouch sb up

Perfect

Ihave touched sb up
youhave touched sb up
he;she;ithas touched sb up
wehave touched sb up
youhave touched sb up
theyhave touched sb up

Past

Itouched sb up
youtouched sb up
he;she;ittouched sb up
wetouched sb up
youtouched sb up
theytouched sb up

Pluperfect

Ihad touched sb up
youhad touched sb up
he;she;ithad touched sb up
wehad touched sb up
youhad touched sb up
theyhad touched sb up

Future

Iwill touch sb up
youwill touch sb up
he;she;itwill touch sb up
wewill touch sb up
youwill touch sb up
theywill touch sb up

Future Perfect

Iwill have touched sb up
youwill have touched sb up
he;she;itwill have touched sb up
wewill have touched sb up
youwill have touched sb up
theywill have touched sb up

Subjunctive

Present

Itouch sb up
youtouch sb up
he;she;ittouch sb up
wetouch sb up
youtouch sb up
theytouch sb up

Perfect

Ihave touched sb up
youhave touched sb up
he;she;ithave touched sb up
wehave touched sb up
youhave touched sb up
theyhave touched sb up

Imperfect

Itouched sb up
youtouched sb up
he;she;ittouched sb up
wetouched sb up
youtouched sb up
theytouched sb up

Pluperfect

Ihad touched sb up
youhad touched sb up
he;she;ithad touched sb up
wehad touched sb up
youhad touched sb up
theyhad touched sb up

Conditional

Present

Iwould touch sb up
youwould touch sb up
he;she;itwould touch sb up
wewould touch sb up
youwould touch sb up
theywould touch sb up

Perfect

Iwould have touched sb up
youwould have touched sb up
he;she;itwould have touched sb up
wewould have touched sb up
youwould have touched sb up
theywould have touched sb up

Imperative

youtouch sb up
weLet's touch sb up
youtouch sb up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam touching sb up
youare touching sb up
he;she;itis touching sb up
weare touching sb up
youare touching sb up
theyare touching sb up

Perfect

Ihave been touching sb up
youhave been touching sb up
he;she;ithas been touching sb up
wehave been touching sb up
youhave been touching sb up
theyhave been touching sb up

Past

Iwas touching sb up
youwere touching sb up
he;she;itwas touching sb up
wewere touching sb up
youwere touching sb up
theywere touching sb up

Pluperfect

Ihad been touching sb up
youhad been touching sb up
he;she;ithad been touching sb up
wehad been touching sb up
youhad been touching sb up
theyhad been touching sb up

Future

Iwill be touching sb up
youwill be touching sb up
he;she;itwill be touching sb up
wewill be touching sb up
youwill be touching sb up
theywill be touching sb up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been touching sb up
youwill have been touching sb up
he;she;itwill have been touching sb up
wewill have been touching sb up
youwill have been touching sb up
theywill have been touching sb up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be touching sb up
youwould be touching sb up
he;she;itwould be touching sb up
wewould be touching sb up
youwould be touching sb up
theywould be touching sb up

Perfect

Iwould have been touching sb up
youwould have been touching sb up
he;she;itwould have been touching sb up
wewould have been touching sb up
youwould have been touching sb up
theywould have been touching sb up

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)