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  • 1light touch — UK US noun ► a friendly, relaxed, or humourous way of doing something: »She brings a light touch to the office hiring rituals, which makes everyone feel comfortable. ► a situation in which only a few people are in charge of something or something …

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  • 2light-touch — UK [ˌlaɪ(t)ˈtʌtʃ] / US adjective not very detailed or severe Their light touch approach to community policing has worked well …

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  • 3light touch — Synonyms and related words: breath, brush, caress, contact, cutaneous sense, feel, feeling, fingertip caress, flick, glance, graze, hand mindedness, kiss, lambency, lap, lick, rub, sense of touch, stroke, tactile sense, taction, tap, tentative… …

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  • 4light touch — noun momentary contact • Syn: ↑brush • Derivationally related forms: ↑brush (for: ↑brush) • Hypernyms: ↑touch, ↑touching …

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  • 5light touch palpation — light palpation of the surface of the abdomen and thorax with the fingertips for the purpose of finding the outlines of the organs …

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  • 6light-touch — …

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  • 7a light touch — a (or someone s) light touch the ability to deal with something delicately, tactfully, or in an understated way a novel that handles its tricky subject with a light touch …

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  • 8(a) light touch — a light touch idiom the ability to deal with sth in a delicate and relaxed way • She handles this difficult subject with a light touch. Main entry: ↑lightidiom …

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  • 9Light-touch keyboard — Сенсорная клавиатура, сенсорная панель, панель сенсорного управления …

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  • 10Touch — Touch, n. [Cf. F. touche. See {Touch}, v. ] 1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact. [1913 Webster] Their touch affrights me as a serpent s sting. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) The sense by which pressure or traction… …

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