transitive verb felt, feeling
- to touch or handle in order to become aware of; examine or test by touching or handling
- to perceive or be aware of through physical sensation: to feel rain on the face
- to experience (an emotion or condition): to feel joy, pain, etc.
- to be moved by or very sensitive to: to feel death keenly
- to be aware of through intellectual perception: to feel the weight of an argument
- to think or believe, often for unanalyzed or emotional reasons: he feels that we should go