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For the verb: "to feel"

Simple Past:	felt
Past Participle:	felt

feel
A	noun
	1	feel
			manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚bodily process; body process; bodily function; activity ╚sexual activity; sexual practice; sex; sex activity ╚foreplay; arousal; stimulation ╚feel
	2	tactile property, feel
			a property perceived by touch
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚tactile property, feel ╚texture ╚touch
	3	feel
			an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚knowing ╚awareness; consciousness; cognizance; cognisance; knowingness ╚feel
	4	spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
			the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚atmosphere; ambiance; ambience ╚spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell ╚Zeitgeist ╚Hollywood
B	verb
	1	feel
			seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"
		Category Tree: be ╚feel ╚suffocate ╚feel like a million; feel like a million dollars
	2	feel
			have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚think; believe; consider; conceive ╚feel
	3	find, feel
			come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason; reason out; conclude ╚find, feel
	4	feel, finger
			examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"

	5	feel
			pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
		Category Tree: touch ╚feel
	6	palpate, feel
			examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
		Category Tree: touch ╚palpate, feel
	7	feel, experience
			undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

	8	feel, sense
			perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
		Category Tree: perceive; comprehend ╚feel, sense
	9	feel
			undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚participate; take part ╚experience; undergo; see; go through ╚feel
	10	feel
			grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"
		Category Tree: search; seek; look for ╚feel ╚grope for; scrabble
	11	feel
			produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"
		Category Tree: be ╚look; appear; seem ╚feel
	12	feel
			find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚find; regain ╚feel
	13	feel
			be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
		Category Tree: be ╚look; appear; seem ╚feel ╚crawl

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