| against |
in contact with. [1/4 definitions] |
| allergic |
When you are allergic to something, like a plant or a food, it does something bad to your body when you eat it or touch it or have some other contact with it. |
| allergy |
When you have an allergy to something like a plant or food, something bad happens to your body when you touch it or eat it or have some other contact with it. An allergy can make you sneeze, itch, cough, or make it hard for you to breathe. |
| contact |
When there is contact between two things or two people, they are touching each other in some way. When you make contact with something, you touch it. [4 definitions] |
| exposure |
contact with something, such as a chemical or germ, that may cause physical damage or illness. [1/6 definitions] |
| hit |
to make strong contact with. [2/9 definitions] |
| ice |
to make very cold, especially through contact with ice; chill. [1/6 definitions] |
| join |
to come together; be in contact; meet. [1/5 definitions] |
| on |
in contact with; touching. [2/20 definitions] |
| optician |
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and contact lenses. |
| optometrist |
a person who is trained to examine people's eyes and to fit them with eyeglasses or contact lenses. |
| pencil sharpener |
a small device used for making pencils sharp. A pencil sharpener has a hole in one side where a pencil goes in and comes into contact with a blade. |
| plate |
a tectonic plate, one of the parts of the outer layer of planet Earth. Tectonic plates cover the whole planet and make up both the land that humans and animals live on and the land under the oceans. Tectonic plates move very, very slowly and they touch each other as they move. Sometimes this contact between the tectonic plates causes things like volcanoes, earthquakes, and the building up of mountains. [1/7 definitions] |
| recognize |
to identify (someone or something) from previous experience or contact with that person or thing. [1/3 definitions] |
| rust |
Rust is an orange or reddish-brown coating that forms on metal that has been in contact with both air and water. When metal gets rust on it, the metal gets weak. [2 definitions] |
| rusty |
If you leave something metal out in the rain for a long time, it can become rusty. This is something that happens when metal is in contact with water and air for a period of time. |
| sole2 |
the bottom of something that comes in contact with the ground. Feet and shoes have soles. [1/2 definitions] |
| strike |
In baseball or softball, if the batter fails to hit the ball into the playing area or fails to make any contact with the ball using the bat, it's called a "strike." If a batter gets three strikes, they are "out." That means they have no more chances to try to hit the ball and try to score. [1/13 definitions] |
| tectonic plate |
one of the plate-like segments of the Earth's crust and upper mantle. The plates form the outer shell of the planet, and they are actually moving very slowly. Where the plates come into contact with each other, their movement can cause or play a part in the eruption of volcanoes, the building of mountains, and the occurrence of earthquakes. |
| touch |
to make contact with. [2/11 definitions] |
| unfamiliar |
If something is unfamiliar, it's something that you have not seen or heard before, or that you have had little contact with before. |