touch on

1. Refer to or discuss briefly (synset 201026772)
   is a type of: advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to
2. Be relevant to (synset 202681865)
   "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
   subtypes:

   • center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around - center upon
   • apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
   • affect, involve, regard - connect closely and often incriminatingly
   • interest, matter to - be of importance or consequence
   same as: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch
   verb group: advert, allude, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to
3. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken (synset 200261534)
   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
   is a type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
   subtypes:

   • fiddle, tinker - try to fix or mend
   • fill - plug with a substance
   • patch, piece - repair by adding pieces
   • cobble - repair or mend
   • point, repoint - repair the joints of bricks
   • trouble-shoot, troubleshoot - solve problems
   • patch, patch up - mend by putting a patch on
   • resole, sole - put a new sole on
   • revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
   • heel, reheel - put a new heel on
   • darn - repair by sewing
   same as: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore
4. Have an effect upon (synset 200137133)
   "Will the new rules affect me?"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • strike a blow - affect adversely
   • repercuss - cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect
   • tell on - produce an effect or strain on somebody
   • redound - have an effect for good or ill
   • excite, stimulate - act as a stimulant
   • process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
   • hydrolise, hydrolize - make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis
   • color, colour, distort, tinge - affect as in thought or feeling
   • endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   • hit, strike - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
   • subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
   • bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   • act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect
   • slam-dunk - make a forceful move against
   same as: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch

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