Definitions for Felt

Felt felt

Spelling: [felt]
IPA: /fɛlt/

Felt 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 28 anagrams from letters in Felt (eflt).

Definitions for Felt

noun

  1. a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
  2. any article made of this material, as a hat.
  3. any matted fabric or material, as a mat of asbestos fibers, rags, or old paper, used for insulation and in construction.
  4. a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
  5. a sensation of something felt; a vague mental impression or feeling:
  6. the sense of touch:
  7. native ability or acquired sensitivity:
  8. Informal. an act or instance of touching with the hand or fingers.
  9. Slang: Vulgar. an act or instance of feeling up.
  10. feels, Informal. strong, often positive feelings:

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feel.

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).

adjective

  1. pertaining to or made of felt.

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

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of Felt

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Filz; see filter

Examples for Felt

Once it was that he had felt a sudden great longing for the life of a gay city.

But the upper edges are ragged, torn by a wind not yet felt below.

From the first moment you spoke, I have felt this mysterious power.

It was one of the few things that felt familiar to him after being away from the outside world since 1975.

Whatever frustrations or disappointments he felt about politics never surfaced.

I started just writing these songs, at first it felt like a project or something.

He felt morally bound to get it repaired, though he was guiltless of the damage.

The EPA felt that the State Department had not looked carefully enough at the impact of the pipeline if oil prices fell.

Mauburn felt the rock foundations of Manhattan Island to be crumbling to dust.

He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).

Word Value for Felt
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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