Feel

[fiːl] or [fil]

Definition

(noun.) manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; 'the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel'.

(noun.) an intuitive awareness; 'he has a feel for animals' or 'it's easy when you get the feel of it';.

(verb.) be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; 'My cold is gone--I feel fine today'; 'She felt tired after the long hike'; 'She felt sad after her loss'.

(verb.) have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; 'She felt small and insignificant'; 'You make me feel naked'; 'I made the students feel different about themselves'.

(verb.) examine by touch; 'Feel this soft cloth!'; 'The customer fingered the sweater'.

(verb.) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; 'She felt resentful'; 'He felt regret'.

(verb.) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; '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'.

(verb.) undergo passive experience of:'We felt the effects of inflation'; 'her fingers felt their way through the string quartet'; 'she felt his contempt of her'.

(verb.) produce a certain impression; 'It feels nice to be home again'.

(verb.) find by testing or cautious exploration; 'He felt his way around the dark room'.

(verb.) be felt or perceived in a certain way; 'The ground feels shaky'; 'The sheets feel soft'.

(verb.) grope or feel in search of something; 'He felt for his wallet'.

(verb.) pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; 'He felt the girl in the movie theater'.

Edited by Ethelred--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.

(v. t.) To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.

(v. t.) To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.

(v. t.) To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

(v. t.) To perceive; to observe.

(v. i.) To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.

(v. i.) To have the sensibilities moved or affected.

(v. i.) To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.

(v. i.) To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.

(v. i.) To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.

(n.) Feeling; perception.

(n.) A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.

Checker: Presley

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Perceive (by the touch), have feeling.[2]. Be perceived (by the touch).[3]. Be moved (in the affections), be excited, be stirred, be warmed, be wrought up, be impressed.[4]. Have the consciousness of being (sorry, grieved, hurt, or the like).

v. a. [1]. Touch, handle, feel of.[2]. Experience, suffer or enjoy, have the sense of.[3]. Be affected by, be moved by.[4]. Sound, try, prove, put to the test.

Inputed by Bobbie

Definition

v.t. to perceive by the touch: to handle or try by touch: to be conscious of: to be keenly sensible of: to have an inward persuasion of.—v.i. to know by the touch: to have the emotions excited: to produce a certain sensation when touched as to feel hard or hot:—pr.p. feel′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. felt.—n. the sensation of touch.—ns. Feel′er a remark cautiously dropped or any indirect stratagem to sound the opinions of others: (pl.) jointed fibres in the heads of insects &c. possessed of a delicate sense of touch termed antenn; Feel′ing the sense of touch: perception of objects by touch: consciousness of pleasure or pain: tenderness: emotion: sensibility susceptibility sentimentality: opinion as resulting from emotion: (pl.) the affections or passions.—adj. expressive of great sensibility or tenderness: easily affected.—adv. Feel′ingly.—Feel after (B.) to search for.

Checked by Abram