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Definition of "feel" []

  • To perceive through the sense of touch: feel the velvety smoothness of a peach. (verb-transitive)
  • To perceive as a physical sensation: feel a sharp pain; feel the cold. (verb-transitive)
  • To touch. (verb-transitive)
  • To examine by touching. See Synonyms at touch. (verb-transitive)
  • To test or explore with caution: feel one's way in a new job. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "feel" in a sentence
  • "As a doctor, with his finger against a pulse, is able to feel the heart rate, when I am up there speaking, I can _feel_ the reaction to what I am saying."
  • "Sisters in Christ I feel an interest in _you_, and often has the secret prayer arisen on your behalf, Lord "open thou their eyes that they may see wondrous things out of thy Law" -- It is then, because I _do feel_ and _do pray_ for you, that"
  • "And while we believe that such efforts are praiseworthy for the reason that many persons must be first convinced in that way, still we feel that one must really _feel_ the truth of the doctrine from something within his own consciousness, before he will really _believe_ it to be truth."