feel
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb, pronoun)
adjective
1. Alternative form of fele
adverb
1. Alternative form of fele
noun
1. an intuitive awareness
- he has a feel for animals
- it's easy when you get the feel of it
Definition categories: thought, awareness, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness
2. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- the feel of the city excited him
Similar word(s): feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone
Definition categories: state, ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
3. a property perceived by touch
Definition categories: attribute, property
4. manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure
- the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel
Definition categories: act, arousal, foreplay, stimulation
Sentences with feel as a noun:
- Bark has a rough feel.
- You should get a feel of the area before moving in.
- She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
- I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
- She has a feel for music.
- I know that feel.
pronoun
1. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele
verb
1. undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
Similar word(s): experience
Definition categories: emotion
2. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- I feel that he doesn't like me
Similar word(s): find
Definition categories: cognition, conclude, reason
3. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
Similar word(s): sense
Definition categories: perception, comprehend, perceive
4. be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
- My cold is gone--I feel fine today
Definition categories: body, be
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
Definition categories: cognition, believe, conceive, consider, think
6. undergo passive experience of
Definition categories: perception, experience, see
7. be felt or perceived in a certain way
- The ground feels shaky
- The sheets feel soft
Definition categories: stative, appear, look, seem
8. grope or feel in search of something
Definition categories: perception, search, seek
9. examine by touch
- Feel this soft cloth!
Similar word(s): finger
Definition categories: contact
10. examine (a body part) by palpation
Similar word(s): palpate
Definition categories: contact, touch
11. find by testing or cautious exploration
Definition categories: possession, find, regain
12. produce a certain impression
- It feels nice to be home again
Definition categories: perception, appear, look, seem
13. pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
Definition categories: contact, touch
Sentences with feel as a verb:
- You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
- I can feel the sadness in his poems.
- I feel that we need to try harder.
- He obviously feels strongly about it.
- I feel for you and your plight.
- Feel my wrath!
- It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.
- This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!
- I don't want you back here, ya feel me?