English Explanatory Dictionary

feel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To use or experience the sense of touch.
  2. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
  3. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
  4. To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
  5. To search by sense of touch.
  6. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
  7. To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
  8. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
  9. To experience an emotion or other mental state.
  10. To sympathize; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
  11. To be or become aware of.
  12. To experience the consequences of.
noun
  1. The sense of touch.
  2. A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
  3. A vague mental impression.
  4. An act of fondling.
  5. A vague understanding.
  6. An intuitive ability.
  7. A feeling; an emotion.
pron
  1. Alternative form of fele.
adj
  1. Alternative form of fele.
adv
  1. Alternative form of fele.

Pronunciation

/fiːl/ [fiːɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feel.wav /fil/ [fiɫ] en-us-feel.ogg

Word forms

feel feels feeling felt no-table-tags glossary feelest feltst feltest feeleth

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

feel grope handle touch

Antonyms

misfeel

Related words

finger thumb

Derived words

feelable feel around feel bad feel-bad feel eight feet tall feeler feel for feel free feel-good feelgoodery feel-goodery feel-good factor feel-goodism feelie feeling feel in one's water feel in one's waters feel like feel like death feel like oneself feelness feel nine feet tall feel no pain feel oneself feel one's legs feel one's oats feel one's way feel out feelsome feel someone's collar feel someone's pain feel sorry for feel ten feet tall feelth feel the Bern feel the burn feel the heat feel the pinch feel twelve feet tall feel up feel up to feely fellowfeel forefeel I feel you misfeel not feeling it outfeel overfeel refeel underfeel unfeel afterfeel cop a feel end-feel gutfeel gut feel handfeel look and feel mouthfeel

Translations

Albanian: ndiej Albanian: ni Arabic: شَعَرَ Arabic: حَسَّ Arabic: حَسّ Armenian: զգալ Armenian: շոշափել Aromanian: simtu Aromanian: sãmtu Asturian: sentir Bashkir: һиҙеү Belarusian: адчува́ць Belarusian: адчу́ць Bulgarian: опи́пвам Catalan: sentir Cherokee: ᎠᏒᏂᎭ Chinese Mandarin: 触摸 Chinese Mandarin: 触 Chinese Mandarin: 摸 Czech: cítit Old Czech: cútiti Dalmatian: senter Danish: føle Danish: mærke Dutch: voelen Esperanto: palpi Estonian: tundma Finnish: tuntea French: palper French: toucher North Frisian: feel Friulian: sintî Friulian: tastâ Galician: apalpar Galician: sentir Galician: tocar German: spüren German: ertasten Greek: αισθάνομαι Haitian Creole: santi Hungarian: érez Hungarian: tapint Icelandic: snerta Icelandic: finna Ido: sentar Irish: airigh Irish: mothaigh Old Irish: airigidir Italian: sentire Japanese: 感じる Japanese: 触れる Kabuverdianu: palpa Kabuverdianu: palpá Kabuverdianu: xinti Kabuverdianu: sintí Northern Kurdish: seh kirin Kyrgyz: сезүү Latgalian: just Latgalian: pajust Latin: temptō Latvian: taustīt Latvian: sataustīt Latvian: aptaustīt Latvian: just Livonian: maņņõ Livonian: mȯjjõ Finnish: tuntuma German: expressed verbally with anfühlen German: Oberflächenbeschaffenheit German: Haptik Norwegian Bokmål: berøring Portuguese: tato Spanish: tacto Swedish: yta Swedish: känsla
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