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feel > 17 senses
NOUN	1	feel	An intuitive awareness
	2	feel, spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell	The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
	3	feel, tactile property	A property perceived by touch
	4	feel	Manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure
VERB	1	feel, experience	Undergo an emotional sensation
	2	feel, find	Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
	3	feel, sense	Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
	4	feel	Seem with respect to a given sensation given
	5	feel	Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude
	6	feel	Undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"
	7	feel	Be felt or perceived in a certain way
	8	feel	Grope or feel in search of something
	9	feel, finger	Examine by touch
	10	feel, palpate	Examine (a body part) by palpation
	11	feel	Find by testing or cautious exploration
	12	feel	Produce a certain impression
	13	feel	Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of

feel > pronunciation
Sounds	fiy'l
Rhymes	abele, anneal, appeal, and 60 more rhymes in iyl at the HyperDic website...

feel > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	An intuitive awareness.
Examples	"he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";
Broader	awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
Verbs	feel

feel > noun 2, state
Meaning	The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.
Examples	"the feel of the city excited him"
Synonyms	spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
Narrower	Hollywood; Zeitgeist
Broader	atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
Verbs	feel; feel

feel > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	A property perceived by touch.
Synonyms	tactile property
Narrower	touch; texture
Broader	property
Verbs	feel; feel; feel; feel

feel > noun 4, act
Meaning	Manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure.
Examples	"the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"
Broader	foreplay, arousal, stimulation
Verbs	feel

feel > verb 1, emotion
Meaning	Undergo an emotional sensation.
Pattern	Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something
Model	John will feel angry
Synonyms	experience
Caused by	affect, impress, move, strike
Narrower	recapture; pride, plume, congratulate; smolder, smoulder; harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse; cool off; anger, see red; chafe; suffer; fume; repent, regret, rue; sadden; rejoice, joy; sympathize, sympathise; take pride, pride oneself; burn; die; fly high; glow, beam, radiate, shine; glow
See also	feel for
Nouns	feelings; feeling

feel > verb 2, cognition
Meaning	Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.
Pattern	Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Model	They feel that there was a traffic accident
Examples	"I feel that he doesn't like me"
Synonyms	find
Broader	reason, reason out, conclude
Similar to	rule, find
Nouns	feel; feeling

feel > verb 3, perception
Meaning	Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	sense
Caused by	sensitize, sensitise
Broader	perceive, comprehend
Similar to	feel
Nouns	feeling; feel

feel > verb 4, body
Meaning	Seem with respect to a given sensation given.
Pattern	Somebody ----s Adjective
Examples	"My cold is gone--I feel fine today"
Narrower	feel like a million, feel like a million dollars; suffocate
Broader	be

feel > verb 5, cognition
Meaning	Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.
Pattern	Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Examples	"You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
Broader	think, believe, consider, conceive
Nouns	feelings

feel > verb 6, perception
Meaning	Undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation".
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Broader	experience, undergo, see, go through
Nouns	feeling

feel > verb 7, stative
Meaning	Be felt or perceived in a certain way.
Pattern	Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective
Model	The cool air does feel good
Examples	"The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
Narrower	crawl
Broader	look, appear, seem
Similar to	feel, sense
Nouns	feel

feel > verb 8, perception
Meaning	Grope or feel in search of something.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Model	The men feel the area for animals
Entails	touch
Narrower	grope for, scrabble
Broader	search, seek, look for
Similar to	feel, finger; feel; palpate, feel
Nouns	feel

feel > verb 9, contact
Meaning	Examine by touch.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Feel this soft cloth!"
Synonyms	finger
Entails	touch
Similar to	feel
Nouns	feeling; feel; feeler; feeler

feel > verb 10, contact
Meaning	Examine (a body part) by palpation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	palpate
Category	medicine, practice of medicine
Broader	touch
Similar to	feel
Nouns	feel

feel > verb 11, possession
Meaning	Find by testing or cautious exploration.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	find, regain
Nouns	feeler; feeler

feel > verb 12, perception
Meaning	Produce a certain impression.
Pattern	Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Examples	"It feels nice to be home again"
Broader	look, appear, seem
Nouns	feel

feel > verb 13, contact
Meaning	Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Broader	touch
Similar to	feel
Usage	cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
Nouns	feel

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