The noun contact has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (30) contact -- (close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings")
2. (10) contact -- (the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid")
3. (6) contact, physical contact -- (the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch")
4. (4) contact, impinging, striking -- (the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull")
5. (1) contact, middleman -- (a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor")
6. (1) liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication -- (a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas")
7. (1) contact, tangency -- ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts")
8. contact, touch -- (a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues")
9. contact, contact lens -- (a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication)
Overview of verb contact
The verb contact has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (10) reach, get through, get hold of, contact -- (be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia")
2. touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")