touch

verbA2/tʌt͡ʃ/

Primarily physical senses.

To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.transitive
To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.transitive
To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.intransitive
To make physical contact with a thing.intransitive
To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.transitive
To make intimate physical contact with a person.transitive
To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.intransitive, rare, reflexive, transitive
To have sexual intercourse with
To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.transitive
To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.transitive
To begin to consume, or otherwise use.transitive
Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).intransitive
To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.historical, transitive
To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.intransitive
To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.

Primarily non-physical senses.

To imbue or endow with a specific quality.transitive
To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).intransitive
To concern, to have to do with.transitive
To engage with, to be involved with.transitive, usually, with a negative
To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.transitive
To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly.dated, transitive
To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.Scottish, transitive
To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).slang, transitive
To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".transitive
To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.transitive
To come close to; to approach.transitive
To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.transitive

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

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When the body is touched, receptors in the skin send messages to the brain causing the release of chemicals such as endorphins.

You have only to touch the button.