feel | Lernwerd

Forms

1.To use or experience the sense of touch.
- I felt cold and miserable all night.
- I felt my way through the darkened room.
- He felt (about) for the light switch in the dark.
2.To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
- I feel for you and your plight.
- I feel that we need to try harder.
- I can feel the sadness in his poems.
3.To be or become aware of.
- Do you feel like going swimming?
- Tom can't come to work today because he doesn't feel well.
- I feel for you deeply.
4.To experience the consequences of.
- Do you feel like going swimming?
- Tom can't come to work today because he doesn't feel well.
- I feel for you deeply.

1.A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
- The unshanked snaffle bit is good for bending and getting a horse used to the feel of a bit.
- And then something in the sound or the feel of the waters made him look down, and he perceived that the ebb had begun and the tide was flowing out to sea.
- Bark has a rough feel.
2.A vague mental impression.
- You should get a feel for the area before moving in.
3.An act of fondling.
- She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
4.A vague understanding.
- I'm getting a feel for what you mean.

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Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan

Old English fēlan

Middle English felen

English feel

From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.

Cognate with Dutch voelen and German fühlen.