Feel | Mean of feel in English Dictionary

/ˈfiːl/

• Verb
• to be aware of (something that affects you physically, such as pain, heat, or an object touching your body)
1. He felt a sudden pain in his leg.
2. I could feel the warmth of the sun.
3. I felt someone tap my shoulder.
4. I could feel him pulling my hair. [=I could feel that he was pulling my hair]
5. Do you feel a draft?
6. I'm the kind of person who really feels the heat/cold. [=hot/cold weather bothers me more than it bothers most people]
• to touch (something) with your fingers to see what it is like
1. She felt the fabric to see if it was wool.
• to find (something) by touching with your fingers
1. Your ribs are bruised, but I don't feel any broken bones.

• to search for something by reaching or touching usually with your fingers
1. The doctor felt for any possible fractures in the patient's bruised ribs.
2. He felt for the switch.
3. He felt around in the dark for the light switch.
4. He felt around under the table with his foot.
• to believe or think (something)
1. He feels that they behaved badly.
2. They felt (that) it would be foolish to continue.
3. I feel (that) I really ought to say something.
4. He felt it necessary to say something. = He felt that it was necessary to say something.
• to have an opinion
1. How do you feel about this proposal? [=what do you think of this proposal; what is your opinion of this proposal?]
2. Their votes reflect how they feel toward poor people.
3. We feel (very) strongly that they've been treated unfairly.
4. If you feel that strongly (about it), we won't go.
• to be aware of (something) in your mind or emotions
1. He felt his son's ingratitude, and he resented it.
2. She could feel [=sense] the presence of an intruder in the house.
3. I feel the urge to speak.
4. I feel the need to try again. [=I think I/we should try again]
5. I feel your pain. [=I am aware of how (much) you must have suffered]
• to experience the effect of (something)
1. He felt the medicine starting to work.
2. I'm really feeling my age lately. [=I am feeling the effects of growing older]
• to experience (something)
1. Many people will feel the impact of this decision. [=many people will be affected by this decision]
2. I felt pleasure in her company. [=I enjoyed being with her]
3. He felt no remorse for what he had done.
4. She feels contempt for her political enemies.
• to be hurt by (something)
1. They felt the insult deeply. [=they were deeply hurt by the insult]
2. She felt the loss/death of her mother.
• to have a specified physical quality
1. My eyes feel dry.
2. His hands felt cool.
• to have sympathy or pity for (someone)
1. I feel (deeply) for you, but there's nothing I can do to help.
• to be drunk
1. He had been at the bar for several hours and he was clearly feeling no pain. [=he was very drunk]
• to talk to or question (someone) in an indirect way in order to find out if something you want to do or get will be possible
1. He tried to feel us out to see if we'd loan him more money.
• to touch (someone) for sexual pleasure
1. She says he felt her up.
• to move forward carefully by putting your hands in front of you so that you can feel anything that blocks you
1. He felt his way through the darkened room.
• to move toward a goal very slowly and carefully
1. In the early days of the project they were just feeling their way (along), trying not to make mistakes.
• Noun
• the quality of a thing that is experienced by touching it
1. It had a greasy feel. [=it felt greasy]
2. the feel of old leather
• a particular quality
1. The restaurant's decor has an Asian feel (to/about it).
2. Although the table is brand-new, it has the look and feel of an antique.
• an understanding of something
1. We walked around to get the feel of the town. [=to find out what the town was like]
2. We walked around to get a feel for the town.
3. After living in France for 20 years, she has a feel for the way the French think.
4. We're trying to get a feel for what's needed.
• an ability to use something or do something in a skillful way
1. He's been practicing for several weeks and he's starting to get a feel for the instrument.
2. She has a feel for language.
• a feeling or sensation
1. He liked the feel of the sun on his face.
• an act of feeling or touching something
1. They had a feel of the old leather. [=they felt the old leather]
• by feeling with your hands when you cannot see
1. It was too dark too see anything, so she had to find the door knob by feel.
• by being guided by your physical feelings, your senses, etc., instead of by rules or directions
1. an athlete who plays by feel