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feel

 (fēl)
v. felt (fĕlt), feel·ing, feels
v.tr.
1.
a. To perceive through the sense of touch: feel the velvety smoothness of a peach.
b. To perceive as a physical sensation: feel a sharp pain; feel the cold.
2.
a. To touch: reached out and felt the wall.
b. To examine by touching: felt the fabric for flaws. See Synonyms at touch.
3. To test or explore with caution: feel one's way in a new job.
4.
a. To undergo the experience of: felt my interest rising; felt great joy.
b. To be aware of; sense: felt the anger of the crowd.
c. To be emotionally affected by: She still feels the loss of her dog.
5.
a. To be persuaded of (something) on the basis of intuition, emotion, or other indefinite grounds: I feel that what the informant says may well be true.
b. To believe; think: She felt his answer to be evasive.
v.intr.
1. To experience the sensation of touch.
2.
a. To produce a particular sensation, especially through the sense of touch: The sheets felt smooth.
b. To produce a particular impression; appear to be; seem: It feels good to be home. See Usage Note at well2.
3. To be conscious of a specified kind or quality of physical, mental, or emotional state: felt warm and content; feels strongly about the election.
4. To seek or explore something by the sense of touch: felt for the light switch in the dark.
5. To have compassion or sympathy: I feel for him in his troubles.
n.
1. Perception by touch or by sensation of the skin: a feel of autumn in the air.
2. The sense of touch: a surface that is rough to the feel.
3.
a. An act or instance of touching or feeling: gave the carpet a feel.
b. Vulgar An act or instance of sexual touching or fondling.
4. An overall impression or effect: "gives such disparate pictures ... a crazily convincing documentary feel" (Stephen King).
5. Intuitive awareness or natural ability: has a feel for decorating.
Phrasal Verbs:
feel out
To try cautiously or indirectly to ascertain the viewpoint or nature of: We'd better feel out the situation before acting.
feel up Vulgar
To touch or fondle (someone) sexually.
Idioms:
feel in (one's) bones
To have an intuition of.
feel like Informal
To have an inclination or desire for: felt like going for a walk.
feel like (oneself)
To sense oneself as being in one's normal state of health or spirits: I just don't feel like myself today.
feel (one's) oats
1. To be energetic and playful.
2. To act in a self-important manner.
[Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.feel out - try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor"
sound out, check out
query, question - pose a question
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feel

verb
1. To be physically aware of through the senses:
experience, have.
2. To bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation:
finger, handle, palpate, touch.
3. To reach about or search blindly or uncertainly:
fumble, grabble, grope, poke.
4. To participate in or partake of personally:
experience, go through, have, know, meet (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo.
Archaic: prove.
Idiom: run up against.
5. To be intuitively aware of:
apprehend, intuit, perceive, sense.
Idioms: feel in one's bones, get vibrations.
6. To undergo an emotional reaction:
experience, have, know, savor, taste.
7. To experience or express compassion:
ache, commiserate, compassionate, pity, sympathize, yearn.
Idioms: be sorry, have pity.
8. To view in a certain way:
believe, hold, sense, think.
phrasal verb
feel out
To test the attitude of:
probe, sound (out).
Idioms: put out feelers, send up a trial balloon.
noun
1. A particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact:
feeling, touch.
2. The faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation:
feeling, tactility, touch.
3. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic:
air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feeling, mood, smell, tone.
4. The proper method for doing, using, or handling something:
knack, trick.
Informal: hang.
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