to the touch

:  to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense :  handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate

:  to put hands upon in any way or degree

:  to commit violence upon

:  the act or fact of touching

:  the act or an instance of handling or controlling a ball (as in basketball or soccer)

:  the special sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin or mucous membrane is perceived