contact | close interaction, they kept in daily contact, they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings |
eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other, a teacher should make eye contact with the students |
contact physical contact | the act of touching physically, her fingers came in contact with the light switch |
contact sport | a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
contact tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact, they forget to solder the contacts |
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 |
contact print | a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative |
electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
wiper wiper arm contact arm | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet |
liaison link contact inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
eye contact | a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication, it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave |
contact touch | a communicative interaction, the pilot made contact with the base, he got in touch with his colleagues |
blow bump | an impact (as from a collision), the bump threw him off the bicycle |
contact impinging striking | the physical coming together of two or more things, contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull |
raised doughnut | a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder |
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 |
catalysis contact action | acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction, of the topcommodity chemicals,are created directly by catalysis and another are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced |
c bulge bump hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence a caa | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings, the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge, the hump of a camel, he stood on the rocky prominence, the occipital protuberance was well developed, the bony excrescence between its horns |
contact dermatitis | a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy) |
bump | a lump on the body caused by a blow |
contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity, litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid |
bump up | increase or raise, OPEC bumped up the price of oil |
reach get through get hold of contact | be in or establish communication with, Our advertisements reach millions, He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia |
touch adjoin meet contact | 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 |
bump knock | knock against with force or violence, My car bumped into the tree |
run into bump into jar against butt against knock against | collide violently with an obstacle, I ran into the telephone pole |
dislodge bump | remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied, The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space |
jar shake up bump around | shock physically, Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game |
bump | dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward, bump and grind |
fly contact | fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference |
find happen chance bump encounter | come upon, as if by accident, meet with, We find this idea in Plato, I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here, She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day |
demote bump relegate break kick downstairs | assign to a lower position, reduce in rank, She was demoted because she always speaks up, He was broken down to Sergeant |
murder slay hit dispatch bump off off polish off remove | kill intentionally and with premeditation, The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |
brocaded embossed raised | embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery, brocaded silk, an embossed satin, embossed leather, raised needlework, raised metalwork |
raised(a) elevated | increased in amount or degree, raised temperature |
raised | located or moved above the surround or above the normal position, a raised design, raised eyebrows |