feel.
To use or experience the sense of touch.
Meaning & usage
To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
I felt cold and miserable all night.
To use or experience the sense of touch. 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.
To use or experience the sense of touch. To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
To use or experience the sense of touch. To search by sense of touch.
He felt (about) for the light switch in the dark.
To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
I can feel the sadness in his poems.
To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
I feel that we need to try harder.
We felt it (to be) our duty to call the police.
To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. To experience an emotion or other mental state.
He obviously feels strongly about it.
She felt even more upset when she heard the details.
To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. To sympathize; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
I feel for you and your plight.
To be or become aware of.
To experience the consequences of.
Feel my wrath!
To seem (through touch or otherwise).
It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.
It felt really strange to be back in my old kindergarten.
To understand.
I don't want you back here, ya feel me?
Where this word comes from
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.
The sense of touch.
A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
Bark has a rough feel.
A vague mental impression.
You should get a feel for the area before moving in.
An act of fondling.
She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
A vague understanding.
I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
An intuitive ability.
She has a feel for music.
A feeling; an emotion.
I know that feel.
Where this word comes from
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.
Alternative form of fele.
Where this word comes from
See fele.
Alternative form of fele.
Where this word comes from
See fele.
Alternative form of fele.
Where this word comes from
See fele.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.