skin contact
Bodies physically meeting
Skin contact is the touching of skin to skin or skin to another surface.
In winemaking, skin contact refers to the time grape juice spends touching the skins, which imparts color, tannins, and flavor—crucial for red wines and orange wines.
In infant care, skin-to-skin contact between parent and newborn promotes bonding and regulation: The nurse placed the baby on her chest for skin contact.
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- human touchDirect interpersonal connection
- caressGentle loving touch
- warmthHeat you feel
- body heatThermal energy from metabolism
texture · soft · soft touch · brush · fingertips · holding hands · embrace · warm embrace · sensation · intimacy · first touch · pressure · smooth · stroke · feel · bare · closeness · tender
- touchtouch, feel, touching, caress, feeling
- baby carebottles, bottle feeding, pacifiers, cribs, baby oil
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
- contacttouch, grasp, hold, grab, embrace
- winemakingwinery, winemaking, crushing, grapevines, grape vines
- disease spreadairborne, bloodborne, droplets, fecal-oral, transmission