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| 1. | [ verb ] undergo an emotional sensation | |
| Synonyms: | experience | |
| Examples: | "She felt resentful" "He felt regret" |
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| Related terms: | harbor suffer repent rejoice recapture feel_pride burn pride sympathize fume glow fly_high die glow anger smolder seethe chafe sadden cool_off take_pride feel_for experience experience | |
| 2. | [ verb ] come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | |
| Synonyms: | find | |
| Examples: | : "I feel that he doesn't like me" "I find him to be obnoxious" "I found the movie rather entertaining" |
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| Related terms: | reason conclude rule | |
| 3. | [ verb ] perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles | |
| Synonyms: | sense | |
| Examples: | "He felt the wind" "She felt an object brushing her arm" "He felt his flesh crawl" "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" |
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| Related terms: | perceive sense detector tactile_property sensing | |
| 4. | [ verb ] seem with respect to the sensation given; of physical states, indicating as health, etc. | |
| Examples: | : "My cold is gone--I feel fine today" "She felt tired after the long hike" |
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| Related terms: | be feel_like_a_million suffocate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude | |
| Examples: | "She felt small and insignificant" "You make me feel naked" "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
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| Related terms: | think feelings | |
| 6. | [ verb ] undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation" | |
| Examples: | "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet" "she felt his contempt of her" |
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| Related terms: | experience spirit | |
| 7. | [ verb ] be felt or perceived in a certain way | |
| Examples: | "The ground feels shaky" "The sheets feel soft" |
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| Related terms: | look crawl | |
| 8. | [ verb ] grope or feel in search of something | |
| Examples: | "He felt for his wallet" |
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| Related terms: | search grope_for palpate tactile_property touch | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (psychology) an intuitive awareness | |
| Examples: | "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it" |
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| Related terms: | awareness find | |
| 10. | [ verb ] examine by touch | |
| Synonyms: | finger | |
| Examples: | "Feel this soft cloth!" "The customer fingered the sweater" |
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| Related terms: | finger antenna touch tactile_property touch | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (medicine) examine by palpation for medical purposes; as of body parts | |
| Synonyms: | palpate | |
| Examples: | "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach" "The runner felt her pulse" |
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| Related terms: | touch medicine | |
| 12. | [ verb ] find by testing or cautious exploration | |
| Examples: | "He felt his way around the dark room" |
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| Related terms: | find barbel | |
| 13. | [ noun ] the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | |
| Synonyms: | spirit feeling tone flavor smell flavour look | |
| Examples: | "the feel of the city excited him" "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting" "it had the smell of treason" |
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| Related terms: | atmosphere hollywood zeitgeist look spiritize spirit | |
| 14. | [ noun ] a property perceived by touch | |
| Synonyms: | tactile_property | |
| Related terms: | property texture touch palpate | |
| 15. | [ verb ] pass one's hands over the sexual organs of (slang) | |
| Examples: | "He felt the girl in the movie theater" |
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| Related terms: | touch cant | |
| 16. | [ verb ] produce a certain impression | |
| Examples: | "It feels nice to be home again" |
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| Related terms: | look spirit | |
| 17. | [ noun ] (sexuality) manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure | |
| Synonyms: | feeling | |
| Examples: | "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel" |
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| Related terms: | foreplay | |
| Similar spelling: |
Feely Fewell Feeley fell Feil Feola felly fella fellow felloe fellah |
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