Etimology
From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.
verb
feel (third-person singular simple present feels, present participle feeling, simple past and past participle felt)
(heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
(transitive) To be or become aware of.
(transitive) To experience the consequences of.
(copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
(transitive, US, slang) To understand.
Examples
You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
I felt cold and miserable all night.
I felt my way through the darkened room.
I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.
He felt 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.
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.
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?
noun
feel (plural feels)
(archaic) The sense of touch.
A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
A vague mental impression.
An act of fondling.
A vague understanding.
An intuitive ability.
(chiefly US, slang) A feeling; an emotion.
Examples
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.
And then something in the sound or the feel of the waters made him look down, and he perceived that the ebb had begun and the tide was flowing out to sea.
The unshanked snaffle bit is good for bending and getting a horse used to the feel of a bit.
You should get a feel for the area before moving in.
You can arrange camel trips into the desert but to really get a feel for this allow yourself a couple of extra days and be prepared for what at times can be an uncomfortable journey: Xuan Zang tells us that as he left Khotan he was ‘attacked by tornados which bring with them clouds of flying gravel’.
She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
She has a feel for music.
I know that feel.
Etimology
See fele.
pronoun
feel
(dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele
adjective
feel (not comparable)
(dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele
adverb
feel (not comparable)
(dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele