Feel

/fiːl/ · verb

Meaning

(heading) To use or experience the sense of touch..

Definitions by Sense

1. (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
2. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
3. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
4. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
5. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
6. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
7. (archaic) The sense of touch.
8. A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.

Example Sentences

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?

It begins as a firm elastic swelling, which communicates to the feel the idea that a fluid is contained under a firm fascia […]

Bark has a rough feel.

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