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Feel

verb
(past & past part. felt; pres. part. feeling)
1.
Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.  Synonym: experience.  "He felt regret"
2.
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.  Synonym: find.  "I find him to be obnoxious" , "I found the movie rather entertaining"
3.
Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.  Synonym: sense.  "She felt an object brushing her arm" , "He felt his flesh crawl" , "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
4.
Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state.  "She felt tired after the long hike" , "She felt sad after her loss"
5.
Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.  "You make me feel naked" , "I made the students feel different about themselves"
6.
Undergo passive experience of:.  "Her fingers felt their way through the string quartet" , "She felt his contempt of her"
7.
Be felt or perceived in a certain way.  "The sheets feel soft"
8.
Grope or feel in search of something.
9.
Examine by touch.  Synonym: finger.  "The customer fingered the sweater"
10.
Examine (a body part) by palpation.  Synonym: palpate.  "The runner felt her pulse"
11.
Find by testing or cautious exploration.
12.
Produce a certain impression.
13.
Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of.
noun
1.
An intuitive awareness.  "It's easy when you get the feel of it"
2.
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.  Synonyms: feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone.  "A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting" , "It had the smell of treason"
3.
A property perceived by touch.  Synonym: tactile property.
4.
Manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure.



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"Feel" Quotes from Famous Books



... he was suffering much from the pain of his wound, he called for his horse, the gallant steed Rhoebus, which had borne him victorious through many a fight. The animal seemed to feel the grief of its master, and to understand the words he spoke: "Long, Rhoebus," said he, "have we lived, companions in war,—if indeed the life of mortals can be said to be long. But to-day we shall either ...
— Story of Aeneas • Michael Clarke

... heaven, I have longed and wished to be separated from the body. But when coming back to myself, and thinking that with the aid of grace I can still increase in God's love and hence love Him still more in consequence for all eternity, I feel willing to love and suffer until the last day, if by this I should acquire but one drop more of Divine love in my heart. And so it is, as St. Paul declares, that we should count the trials here as nothing compared with the glory that awaits us. Now, ...
— Life of Father Hecker • Walter Elliott

... said the tailor, "that we have brought a very sick man for him to cure; and," he added, holding out some money, "give him this in advance, so that he may not feel he is wasting his time." The servant remounted the stairs to give the message to the doctor, and the moment she was out of sight the tailor and his wife carried the body swiftly after her, propped it up at the top ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments • Andrew Lang.

... not wanted. This made it, I must confess, somewhat embarrassing. My tent, which was at the corner of the front line, was furnished only with my bed-roll and a box or two, and was not a particularly cheerful home. I used to feel rather (p. 020) lonely at times. Now and then I would go to Quebec for the day. On one occasion, when I had been feeling particularly seedy, I returned to camp at eleven o'clock at night. It was cold and rainy. I made my way from the station to my tent. In doing so I had to ...
— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott

... Phillips.) Friday, May 31, Chesington. My heart so smites me this morning with making no answer to all I have been requested to weigh and decide, that I feel I cannot with any ease return to town without at least complying with one demand, which first, at parting yesterday, brought me to write fully to you, my Susan, if I could not elsewhere to ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 3 • Madame D'Arblay


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