Complete Definition of "feel"

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English

rank|hour|air|reason|369|feel|behind|sn|really

Etymology
OE. f�lan

Pronunciation
IPA|/fi�l/, SAMPA|/fi:l/
audio|en-us-feel.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�l|-i�l

Verb
en-verb|feels|feeling|felt

;Transitive

  1. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch.
  2. To have a sensation of something without the use of touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste.
  3. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.

#: I felt my way through the darkened room.
#: I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.

  1. To be or become aware of.
  2. To experience emotion concerning.
  3. To experience the consequences of.
  4. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.

;Intransitive

  1. To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
  2. To grope; to examine by touch.

#:He felt for the light switch in the dark.

  1. To perceive a state of mind or of body.
  2. To sympathise.

#:I feel for you and your plight

Translations

Chinese: 触 (chu), � (mo), �� (ganzhi)
Czech: pocítit, cítit, mít pocit
Danish: føle (touch)
Dutch: voelen (touch), zich voelen (5)
Esperanto: t-|eo|senti|xs=Esperanto
French: ressentir
Greek: t+|el|νι�θ�|scGrek, t+|el|αι�θάνομαι|scGrek
Icelandic: t+|is|finna
Indonesian: rasa|merasa, rasa|merasakan, anggap|menganggap, anggap|beranggap, anggap|beranggapan (touch)
Italian: t+|it|sentire, t+|it|sentirsi
Japanese: ��� (����, kanjiru)
mid
Korean: t+|ko|���|sc=Hang
Latin: t-|la|sentire|alt=sentīre
Latvian: just (1,2,4,5,6), taustīties (3)
Polish: czu�
Portuguese: sentir, sentir-se
Romanian: (a) simti
Scottish Gaelic: mothaich, fairich
Spanish: sentir (1, 2), sentirse (5)
Swedish: känna (1, 4, 5), känna på sig (2, 7, 8), känna sig (3)
Welsh: t-|cy|feel|xs=Welsh
Russian: о���а��, ��в��вова��

Usage notes
I feel bad. means either I seem to myself to be sick. or I am full of regret.
I feel badly. means I have trouble experiencing emotions. or I am not able to use the sense of touch well.

Translations
rfc-trans

German: fühlen (1,2,3)
mid
Latvian: just (1), taustīt (2), aptaustīt (2), justies (3)
Korean: ���

Noun
en-noun

  1. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
  2. A vague mental impression.
  3. An act of fondle|fondling.
  4. A vague understanding

#: I'm getting a feel for what you mean.

  1. An intuitive ability

#: She has a feel for music.

Derived terms
feeler
feeling
feel for
feel like
feel out
feel up
feel up to
cop a feel
feel free


Seri
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Noun
feel (plural: feeloj)

  1. mallard, Anas platyrhyncus

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