8.5.1.5 Touching, contact
Use this domain for words indicating that two things are touching or in contact with each other.
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(1) What words refer to two things touching each other?
Example words: contact, be in contact, touch, rest against, up against, together, end to end
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(2) What words refer to two things moving until they touch each other?
Example words: come into contact, make contact, touch, bump into, come together, brush, skim, graze, meet, connect, butt up against, come to rest against
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(3) What words describe something that is touching another?
Example words: abutting, adjoining, contiguous