feel
For the verb: "to feel"
| Simple Past: | felt |
| Past Participle: | felt |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
feel/fiːl/
▶verb (past and past part. felt)
- 1 perceive, examine, or search by touch.
■ be aware of (something happening) through physical sensation.
■ give a sensation of a physical quality when touched: the wool feels soft.
■ (feel someone up) informal fondle someone for one's own sexual stimulation.
- 2 experience (an emotion or sensation).
■ consider oneself: he doesn't feel obliged to visit.
■ (feel up to) have the strength and energy to.
- 3 be affected by.
- 4 have a belief or impression, especially without an identifiable reason.
- 1 an act of feeling.
■ the sense of touch.
- 2 a sensation given by something when touched.
- 3 the impression given by something: the restaurant has a bistro feel.
– phrases
get a (or the) feel for (or of) become accustomed to.
have a feel for have a sensitive appreciation or understanding of.
make oneself (or one's presence) felt have a noticeable effect.
get a (or the) feel for (or of) become accustomed to.
have a feel for have a sensitive appreciation or understanding of.
make oneself (or one's presence) felt have a noticeable effect.
– origin OE fēlan, of W. Gmc origin.
'feel' also found in these Oxford entries:
abash
- affect
- air
- alienate
- analgesia
- anhedonia
- ashamed
- assent
- be
- believe
- bore
- bother
- bring
- bum
- burn
- burst
- care
- cast
- chagrin
- clever
- climb
- come
- comfort
- commune
- congratulate
- consent
- cosy
- crave
- crawl
- creep
- crush
- daunt
- deflate
- deplore
- depress
- desiderate
- despise
- dislike
- dismay
- disorientate
- dizzy
- doubt
- down
- electrify
- embarrass
- empathy
- enervate
- envy
- estrange
- excite

