Meaning of feel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To use or experience the sense of touch.
   copulative, transitive
2. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
   copulative, transitive
3. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
   transitive
4. To try cautiously or indirectly to ascertain the viewpoint or nature of: We'd better feel out the situation before acting.
5. To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
   intransitive
6. To touch or fondle (someone) sexually.
7. To search by sense of touch.
   intransitive
8. To have an intuition of.
9. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
   transitive
10. To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
    transitive
11. To have an inclination or desire for: felt like going for a walk.
12. To sense oneself as being in one's normal state of health or spirits: I just don't feel like myself today.
13. To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
    transitive
14. To experience an emotion or other mental state.
    copulative, intransitive
15. To test the attitude of:probe, sound (out).
16. To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
    intransitive
17. (in certain animals, insects etc) an organ for touching, especially one of the two thread-like parts on an insect's head. voeler, tasorgaan لامِس، مِجَس антена antena tykadlo der Fühler følehorn; antenne κεραίαantena, tentáculo katsesarv شاخک tuntosarvi antenneמחוש महसूस करने वाला कीडे़-मकौड़ों के शरीर का भाग, किसी बात का पता करना ticalo, pipak tapogató, csáp sungut fálmari antenna 触角 더듬이 čiuptuvėlis [] tausteklis sesungut voeler følehornczułek ښكر كى (لكه چه دځينو حشراتو په سرونكى اله، شا خص...
    etc
18. To be or become aware of.
    transitive
19. to have the sensation (physical or mental) or feeling that. I feel as if I am going to be sick; She feels as though she has known him for years. voel asof يَشْعُر وَكَأنَّ чуствам се сякаш sentir como se mít pocit, že/jako kdyby das Gefühl haben, als ob føle det som om αισθάνομαι σαν να sentir como si, tener la impresión de tundub, nagu احساس کردن tuntea avoir l'impression deתחושה प्रतीत होना imati određen osjećaj, osjećati se kao da... úgy gondolja, mintha merasa finnast; hafa á tilfinningun...
20. To experience the consequences of.
    transitive
21. to find one's way by feeling. I had to feel my way to the door in the dark. jou pad voel يَجِدُ طَريقَه، يَتَحَسَّسُ طريَقه проправям си път andar às apalpadelas jít poslepu/tápavě tasten føle sig frem προχωρώ ψηλαφιστά andar a tientas teed kobama دست مالیدن و جلو رفتن tunnustella avancer à tâtons לְגָשֵש टटोलना tapkanjem i pipanjem tražiti put tapogatódzva halad meraba-raba þreifa sig áfram/að andare a tentoni 手探りで進む 더듬으며 찾다 apgraibomis eiti iet taustoties berjalan meraba-raba op de tast gaa...
22. To seem (through touch or otherwise).
    copulative
23. to become accustomed to. to get the feel of a new job. kry die gevoel van يَعْتادُ عَلى свиквам acostumar-se zvyknout si ein Gefühl bekommen für vænne sig til εξοικειώνομαι με acostumbrarse a harjuma خو گرفتن päästä sisälle se faire àתחושה आदी होना naviknuti se belejön membiasakan diri venjast, ná tökum á abituarsi a 感じをつかむ 익숙해지다 priprasti prie, pajusti skonį apgūt kaut ko membiasakan diri ergens bekend mee raken bli kjent med/vant til przyzwyczaić się do خو وهل acostumar-se a se obişnui осва...
24. To understand.
    US, slang, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.”

“I felt cold and miserable all night.”

“I did feel a complete fool after stumbling on the same rock again.”

“I felt my way through the darkened room.”

“I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.”

“He felt (about) for the light switch in the dark.”

“I can feel the sadness in his poems.”

“Teach me to feel another's VVoe; / To hide the Fault I ſee; / That Mercy I to others ſhovv, / That Mercy ſhow to me.”

“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.”

“British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.”

“I feel that we need to try harder.”

“We felt it (to be) our duty to call the police.”

“They promised me eternal happiness; And brought me garlands, Griffith, which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear.”

“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.”

“He obviously feels strongly about it.”

“She felt even more upset when she heard the details.”

“Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.”

“I feel for you and your plight.”

“[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron.”

“who feel for all mankind”

“Feel my wrath!”

“It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.”

“It felt really strange to be back in my old kindergarten.”

“This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!”

“I don't want you back here, ya feel me?”

“Shoot, errbody have the zipper jacket / And half of these thugs have the glove to match, ya feel me?”

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