to touch

to try to find a way or method through trial and error or slow progression

to gently stroke or touch someone or something in an affectionate or soothing way

(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky

to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain

to investigate, probe, or scout to find out the real situation or background information

to successfully find, discover, or grasp the way or method to do something.

to figure out, understand, or make sense of something elusive or unpredictable

to take something out from a confined space, such as a pocket or bag, by feeling or reaching inside.

to become seasoned or experienced through long-term practice in a profession or field

to engage in petty theft

to be unable to make any sense of the matter or to be at a loss

to grope about in the dark

unable to get a grasp of or understand a concept or situation

to track something or reach the root of a matter by following a trail of clues

to calculate roughly or gauge a quantity, amount, or distance

to advance cautiously through experimentation, or to feel one's way forward step by step

to fish in troubled water; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

to fish in troubled water; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

to engage in illicit sexual affairs or dally with women

to catch fish

surreptitious; sneaky

The literal act of blind people touching an elephant, originating from the Nirvana sutra.

to think over deeply or mull over the meaning of something

to explore, investigate, or search for something by touch

to draw lots or participate in a raffle or lottery to win prizes

to mistake the part for the whole or be unable to see the big picture

military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider

unable to make head or tail of

concrete, real, and perceptible as if by touch

to grope or feel one's way in the dark; metaphorically, to search for a solution or direction without guidance

to feel someone's pulse

to touch an elephant (referring to the proverb of blind people forming a partial view)

to search for or explore something by touch or by reaching out

To cross a river by feeling for stones on the riverbed.

to draw a tile from the wall in a game of mahjong

to play mahjong

to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly

to be at a total loss; to be unable to make head or tail of a situation

touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)

thorough search or investigation

to engage in sexual self-stimulation (slang)

To mistake a part for the whole or fail to see the big picture; to have a fragmented understanding based on incomplete information.

helpless and disoriented due to being in an unfamiliar situation

an input device on a laptop or computer for controlling the pointer by sensing the movement of a user's finger

to look for or hunt for something, often by searching around visually (colloquial)