feel
verb
- To handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality
"She felt the fabric to see if it was wool."
- To perceive by a physical sensation coming from discrete end organs (as of the skin or muscles)
"He felt a sudden pain in his leg."
- To undergo passive experience of
"continually felt the resentment of his competitors"
- To have one's sensibilities markedly affected by
"felt the insult deeply"
- To ascertain by cautious trial
- To be aware of by instinct or inference
"feel trouble brewing"
- Believe, think
"say what you really feel"
- To understand (someone) to know how (someone) feels
"Yeah, I feel you on that. I fall asleep every time I'm in the car as well."
- To receive or be able to receive a tactile sensation
"lost the ability to feel in his fingertips"
- To search for something by using the sense of touch
"She felt in her purse for her keys."
- To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, or physical condition
"I feel sick."
- To have a marked sentiment or opinion
"feels strongly about it"
- Seem
"it feels like spring today"
- To have sympathy or pity
"I feel for you"
noun
- Sensation, feeling
- The sense of touch
- The quality of a thing as imparted through or as if through touch
- Typical or peculiar quality or atmosphere
- Intuitive knowledge or ability
adjective
- Relating to or promoting an often specious sense of satisfaction or well-being
"a feel-good reform program that makes no changes"
- Cheerfully sentimental
"a feel-good movie"
verb
- To touch or fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure
idiom
- Feel regret over something
"I feel bad about what happened."
idiom
- To feel required (to do something)
"I felt compelled to leave."
idiom
- To feel that one must do something
"She felt constrained to apologize for the harm she'd done."
idiom
- To feel sick or unhappy
"I feel cruddy about what I said."
idiom
- To feel sick or unhappy
"I felt crummy all day yesterday."
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