Feel Definition

fēl
feeling, feels, felt
verb
feeling, feels, felt
To have physical sensation; be sentient.
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To appear to be to the senses, esp. to the sense of touch.
The water feels warm.
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To perceive or be aware of through physical sensation.
To feel rain on one's face.
Webster's New World
To touch or handle in order to become aware of; examine or test by touching or handling.
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To touch.
Reached out and felt the wall.
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Antonyms:
noun
feels
The sense of touch.
Webster's New World
The nature of a thing as perceived through touch.
The feel of wet sawdust.
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The act of feeling; perception by the senses.
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An emotional sensation or effect.
The feel of happiness.
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The act or an instance of touching, handling, groping, etc.
Have a feel of this fabric.
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pronoun

Alternative form of fele.

Wiktionary
idiom
feel in (one's) bones
  • To have an intuition of.
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feel like
  • To have an inclination or desire for:

    felt like going for a walk.

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feel like (oneself)
  • To sense oneself as being in one's normal state of health or spirits:

    I just don't feel like myself today.

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feel (one's) oats
  • To be energetic and playful.
  • To act in a self-important manner.
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feel like
  • to have an inclination or desire for

    I feel like some ice cream

  • to think or believe that

    I feel like he's a fool

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Other Word Forms of Feel

Noun

Singular:
feel
Plural:
feels

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Feel

Origin of Feel

  • From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan (“to feel, perceive, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną (“to taste, feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelem-, *pal- (“to swing, shake”). Cognate with Scots fele (“to feel”), West Frisian fiele (“to sense, feel”), Dutch voelen (“to feel”), Low German fölen (“to feel”), föhlen, German fühlen (“to feel”), Danish føle (“to feel”), and through Indo-European, with Latin palpō (“touch, feel, caress, pat”), Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “swing, shake, shake loose”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English feele, fele, feole, from Old English fela, feala, feolo (“much, many”), from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélu- (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“much, many, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polýs, “many”). Related to full.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English felen from Old English fēlan pāl- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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