touching.html - adj. & prep.
--adj.

moving; pathetic (a touching incident; touching confidence).

--prep.

literary concerning; about.

touchingly adv. touchingness n. [ME f. TOUCH: (prep.) f. OF touchant pres. part. (as TOUCH)]

touching.html - See: COMMON TOUCH, IN TOUCH, LOSE TOUCH, OUT OF TOUCH,

touching.html - {adj. phr.} Very dangerous or uncertain in situation. * /Our team won the game, all right, but it was touch and go for a while./ * /At one time while they were climbing the cliff it was touch and go whether they could do it./

touching.html - {v. phr.} To confer or consult with one. * /Before we make a decision, I'd like to touch base with our financial department./

touching.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be at the very lowest. * /In August there was a big supply of corn and the price hit bottom./ * /When Johnny failed the exam his spirits hit bottom./ 2. To live through the worst; not to be able to go any lower. * /After all their troubles, they thought they had hit bottom and then something else happened./ * /When they lost all their money they thought they had touched bottom and things would have to get better./

touching.html - See: HIT BOTTOM.