| contact | | |
| n. (act) | 1. contact | close interaction.; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" |
| ~ interaction | a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting. |
| ~ brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable.; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police" |
| ~ eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other.; "a teacher should make eye contact with the students" |
| ~ placement | contact established between applicants and prospective employees.; "the agency provided placement services" |
| n. (act) | 2. contact, physical contact | the act of touching physically.; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| ~ wipe, rub | the act of rubbing or wiping.; "he gave the hood a quick rub" |
| ~ fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field. |
| ~ snick | a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat. |
| ~ laying on | the act of contacting something with your hand.; "peonies can be blighted by the laying on of a finger" |
| n. (state) | 3. contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity.; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid" |
| ~ connectedness, connection, link | the state of being connected.; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" |
| ~ osculation | (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent. |
| ~ tangency | the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing. |
| n. (event) | 4. contact, impinging, striking | the physical coming together of two or more things.; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ collision, hit | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together.; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" |
| ~ interlocking, meshing, mesh, engagement | contact by fitting together.; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" |
| ~ flick | a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).; "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" |
| ~ impact | the striking of one body against another. |
| ~ touch, touching | the event of something coming in contact with the body.; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air" |
| n. (person) | 5. contact, middleman | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance.; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" |
| ~ representative | a person who represents others. |
| n. (communication) | 6. contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link | a channel for communication between groups.; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" |
| ~ communication channel, channel, line | (often plural) a means of communication or access.; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ breaker point, distributor point, point | a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs. |
| ~ electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another. |
| ~ junction, conjunction | something that joins or connects. |
| ~ p-n junction | the junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor.; "a p-n junction has marked rectifying characteristics" |
| ~ short circuit, short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference. |
| ~ sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes. |
| ~ terminal, pole | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. |
| ~ tread | the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground. |
| ~ contact arm, wiper arm, wiper | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet. |
| ~ electronics | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices. |
| n. (communication) | 8. contact, touch | a communicative interaction.; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" |
| ~ communicating, communication | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. contact, contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication. |
| ~ lens, lens system, lense | a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images. |
| v. (communication) | 10. contact, get hold of, get through, reach | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ ping | send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active.; "ping your machine in the office" |
| ~ ping | contact, usually in order to remind of something.; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" |
| ~ raise | establish radio communications with.; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" |
| v. (contact) | 11. adjoin, contact, meet, touch | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| ~ cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ scratch, fray, rub, chafe, fret | cause friction.; "my sweater scratches" |
| ~ attach | be attached; be in contact with. |
| ~ hug | fit closely or tightly.; "The dress hugged her hips" |
| ~ abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, border, march | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" |
| ~ border, environ, surround, skirt, ring | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| ~ lean against, lean on, rest on | rest on for support.; "you can lean on me if you get tired" |
| ~ converge, meet | be adjacent or come together.; "The lines converge at this point" |
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