sensed

noun

1. the ability of the nerves and the brain to receive and react to stimuli, as light, sound, impact, constriction, etc.; specif., any of five faculties of receiving impressions through specific bodily organs and the nerves associated with them (sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing)
2. the senses considered as a total function of the bodily organism, as distinguished from intellect, movement, etc.
3. 1. feeling, impression, or perception through the senses: a sense of warmth, pain, etc.
   2. a generalized feeling, awareness, or realization: a sense of longing
4. an ability to judge, discriminate, or estimate external conditions, sounds, etc.: a sense of direction, pitch, etc.
5. an ability to feel, appreciate, or understand some quality: a sense of humor, honor, etc.
6. 1. the ability to think or reason soundly; normal intelligence and judgment, often as reflected in behavior
   2. soundness of judgment or reasoning: some sense in what he says
   3. something wise, sound, or reasonable: to talk sense
   4. normal ability to reason soundly: to come to one's senses
7. 1. meaning; esp., any of several meanings conveyed by or attributed to the same word or phrase
   2. essential signification; gist: to grasp the sense of a remark
8. the general opinion, sentiment, or attitude of a group
9. Math. either of two contrary directions that may be specified, as clockwise or counterclockwise for the circumference of a circle, positive or negative for a line segment, etc.

transitive verb sensed, sensing

1. to be or become aware of: to sense another's hostility
2. to comprehend; understand
3. to detect automatically, as by sensors