Definitions for feel

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Spelling: [feel]

IPA: /fil/

Feel is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in feel (eefl).

Definitions for feel

noun

1. a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
2. a sensation of something felt; a vague mental impression or feeling:
3. the sense of touch:
4. native ability or acquired sensitivity:
5. Informal. an act or instance of touching with the hand or fingers.
6. Slang: Vulgar. an act or instance of feeling up.
7. feels, Informal. strong, often positive feelings:

Idioms

1. cop a feel, Slang: Vulgar. to touch another person's body sexually, often in a quick and surreptitious way.
2. feel like, Informal. to have a desire for; be favorably disposed to: to think; have the opinion (often used to soften the tone of discourse): to have a particular impression; believe (used to express emotional sentiments):
3. feel like oneself, to be in one's usual frame of mind or state of health: Also, feel oneself.
4. feel no pain. pain (def 5).

Verb phrases

1. feel for, to feel sympathy for or compassion toward; empathize with: Southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. to have a liking or desire for:
2. feel out, to attempt to ascertain (the nature of a situation, someone's attitude, etc.) by indirect or subtle means:
3. feel up, Slang: Vulgar. to fondle or touch (someone) in a sexual manner.
4. feel up to, Informal. to feel or be able to; be capable of:

verb (used with object)

1. to perceive or examine by touch.
2. to have a sensation of (something), other than by sight, hearing, taste, or smell:
3. to find or pursue (one's way) by touching, groping, or cautious moves.
4. to be or become conscious of.
5. to be emotionally affected by:
6. to experience the effects of:
7. to have a particular sensation or impression of (often used reflexively and usually followed by an adjunct or complement):
8. to have a general or thorough conviction of; think; believe:

verb (used without object)

1. to have perception by touch or by any nerves of sensation other than those of sight, hearing, taste, and smell.
2. to make examination by touch; grope.
3. to perceive a state of mind or a condition of body:
4. to have a sensation of being:
5. to make itself perceived or apparent; seem:

Origin of feel

before 900; Middle English felen, Old English fēlan; cognate with Old Saxon fōlian, German fühlen; akin to Old Norse falma to grope. See fumble

Examples for feel

I'll feel safe enough about my money as long as you keep your health.

I have more than once tried to deceive you, but you will feel that I am not now speaking falsely.

This is not making the 228,000 residents of Irving, Texas feel very relaxed.

I feel the breath of life taken away from me by the multitude.

He never ceased to feel cheated when he was obliged to ride in New York.

Its biggest asset, of course, is the steely Atwell, who never asks you to feel sorry for Carter despite all the sexism around her.

He was pleased, moreover, to feel a new respect for Uncle Peter.

How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?

Citizens, perhaps, need to feel like they can communicate something to science.

For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.