1. Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
   "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"; "My cold is gone — I feel fine today"
    
2. Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
   "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret";
   - experience
    
3. 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";
   - sense
    
4. Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuition, or indefinite grounds
   "I feel that he doesn't like me";
   - find
    
5. Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behaviour or attitude
   "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
    
6. 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"
    
7. Be felt or perceived in a certain way
   "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
    
8. Examine by touch
   "Feel this soft cloth!";
   - finger
    
9. Grope or feel in search of something
   "He felt for his wallet"
    
10. (medicine) examine (a body part) by palpation
    "The runner felt her pulse";
    - palpate
     
11. Find by testing or cautious exploration
    "He felt his way around the dark room"
     
12. Produce a certain impression
    "It feels nice to be home again"
     
13. Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
    "He felt the girl in the movie theatre"

1. An intuitive awareness
   "he has a feel for animals"; "it's easy when you get the feel of it"
    
2. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
   "the feel of the city excited him";
   - spirit, tone, feeling, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], look, smell
    
3. A property perceived by touch
   "The tactile property of the fabric made it feel luxurious";
   - tactile property
    
4. Manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure
   "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"

Derived forms: feels, feeling, felt

Type of: ambiance, ambience, appear, arousal, atmosphere, awareness, believe, cognisance [Brit], cognizance, comprehend, conceive, conclude, consciousness, consider, examine, experience, find, foreplay, go through, knowingness, look, look for, perceive, property, reason, reason out, regain, search, see, seek, seem, stimulation, think, touch

Encyclopedia: Feel